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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

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By Sarah Crespi, Angela Saini, Warren Cornwall, Science Magazine | 06.29.2023

First up this week on the show, scientists are learning how to “cryopreserve” tissues—from donor kidneys to coral larvae. Contributing...

DNA strands being cut by scissors
By Staff, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 06.27.2023

As far back as 2015, scientists have been warning against using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to modify germline genomes. Indeed, a perspective...

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By Sophie Putka, MedPage Today | 06.26.2023

George Gibson remembers turning to his wife after a 2015 procedure at a Florida clinic that he thought would help...

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By Nick Schager, The Daily Beast | 06.23.2023

Poster for King of Clones (Netflix documentary) via Wikipedia

Cloning is, at heart, about the fear of death and the...

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By Edward Ongweso Jr. , The Nation | 06.23.2023

In the opening pages of his magisterial Bay Area history, Imperial San Francisco, historian Gray Brechin presents his book as...

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By Alice Park, Time | 06.23.2023

For genetic conditions like Duchenne muscular dystrophy, there is little doctors can do to slow or treat the condition other...

5 eggs and what seems to be a needle
By Susan Burton, The New York Times and Serial Productions | 06.22.2023

The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full...

3 babies in 3 different shades of green and they are being compared and ranked against each other
By Justin McCurry, The Guardian | 06.22.2023

Campaigners in Japan have reacted angrily to a government report revealing that children as young as nine were among thousands...