News

Surrogacy goes more mainstream

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Emily Galpern] | 03.29.2026

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...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part I

By Jessica Riskin, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 03.23.2026

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...

Civil Society

Surrogacy laws are all over the map

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Surrogacy360] | 03.29.2026

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

Why it matters: Confusing...

Policies

Project Eugenics: The Rollback of Disability Rights

By Kiana Jackson and Shannon Stubblefield, New Disabled South | 02.09.2026

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

U.S. States

World‑Renowned Dalhousie Bioethicist and Battery Pioneer Win Prestigious Killam Prize

By Andrew Riley and Caitlyn MacDonald, Dal News | 03.15.2022

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Two of Dalhousie’s leading researchers are being honoured...

Society

Mice Birthed From Unfertilized Eggs for the First Time

By Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine | 03.14.2022

A team of researchers have successfully raised a mouse into adulthood that was produced from a single unfertilized egg.

This...

Animal Biotechnologies

In a Kyiv Basement, 19 Surrogate Babies Are Trapped by War but Kept Alive by Nannies

By Andrew E. Kramer and Maria Varenikova, The New York Times | 03.12.2022

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Down a dusty stairwell, hidden from the shelling that has become the grim...

Other Countries

California stem cell clinic to pay out $3.65M settlement to former patients for ineffective treatments

By Paul Schloesser, Endpoints News | 03.11.2022

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Four years after the FDA admonished stem cell clinic StemGenex for making dubious claims...

Stem Cells

Bringing back the woolly mammoth and other extinct creatures may be impossible

By Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | 03.09.2022

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An extinct rat that once lived on an...

Animal Biotechnologies

US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

By Lauran Neergaard and Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press | 03.09.2022

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The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two...

Animal Biotechnologies

Could drugs prevent Alzheimer’s? These trials aim to find out

By Alison Abbott, Nature | 03.09.2022

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Every two weeks, a nurse visits 43-year-old...

Genomics

Major CRISPR patent decision won’t end tangled dispute

By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 03.09.2022

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A long-running dispute between two groups that...

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