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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 Manuel Ansede, El País | 01.15.2023

The gene editing techniques that have revolutionized medicine since 2016 could also be used to treat common heart diseases, the...

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By Matthew Gault and Jordan Pearson, Vice | 01.12.2023

Nick Bostrom, an influential philosopher at the University of Oxford who has been called the “father” of the longtermism movement...

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By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 01.11.2023

Two prestigious campuses of the University of California are eyeing the creation of an entity that would cover the multimillion-dollar price tags...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 01.11.2023

I met the entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt for the first time at a meeting at West Point in 2015 that was...

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By Liz Essley Whyte, The Wall Street Journal | 01.10.2023

The Food and Drug Administration is pressing pause on drug-company testing of experimental medicines more often, a side effect of...

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By Heather Tal Murphy, Slate | 01.10.2023

Around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, a masked man broke into a house about a mile from the University of...

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By Emily Sohn, Nature | 01.09.2023

Each day, around 350 people in the United States die from lung cancer. Many of those deaths could be prevented...

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By Maria Botcharova, PET | 01.09.2023

Russian troops mobilised to fight in Ukraine will be offered sperm freezing and fertility treatment, it has been announced.

Increasing...