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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...

a hand in a lab coat removes a piece from a DNA strand on a pink background
By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 11.11.2022

According to her parents, Ayla Bashir is “a miracle.” The talkative and smiley 15-month-old is also a pioneer—the first person...

a tumor colored pink and green
By Emily Mullin, Wired | 11.10.2022

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

In a new step for Crispr, scientists have used the gene-editing tool to...

double helix DNA on a blue and green background
By Nicky Phillips, Nature | 11.09.2022

Around lunchtime on a warm March day in 1999, Kathleen Folbigg went to check on her sleeping 18-month-old daughter and...

immigrant in a detention center
By Angelique Richardson, London Review of Books Blog | 11.04.2022

According to a recent article in the Sun on Sunday, an unnamed Tory minister is of the view that...

a dna strand over a red cross
By Laura Ungar, AP News | 11.04.2022

The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now...

I voted stickers on a black background
By Jaipreet Virdi, The Washington Post | 11.04.2022

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Democrat John Fetterman’s performance in Pennsylvania’s lone Senate debate provoked intense discussions about his fitness...

a bunch of sperm on a black background
By Vanessa Caldwell, CBC | 11.03.2022

There are dozens of “Karbaat children” in the Netherlands. Their biological father is Jan Karbaat, a Dutch fertility doctor who...

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By Matthew Herper, STAT | 11.03.2022

The first time I remember hearing the words “biology’s century,” it was a sales pitch.

I was standing by the...