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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...

Voting hand
By Stephen Hilgartner, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Sheila Jasanoff, Science | 02.26.2021

On 7 November 2020, moments before Kamala Harris and Joe Biden began their victory speeches, giant screens flanking the stage...

By J. Benjamin Hurlbut, MIT Technology Review | 02.24.2021

The conventional story of CRISPR genome editing is one of heroic power and promise with an element of peril. That...

Cover of CRISPR Journal
By Marcy Darnovsky, Katie Hasson, and Timothy M. Krahn, The CRISPR Journal | 02.19.2021

In response to: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/crispr.2021.29121.gle

Levrier apparently misunderstands the nature of our project published in The CRISPR Journal in October 2020...

Sickle cell anemia blood under microscope
By Elizabeth Cooney, STAT | 02.17.2021

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Novartis and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are joining forces to discover...

sickle cells
By Adam Feuerstein, STAT | 02.16.2021

Bluebird Bio said Tuesday that it has suspended clinical trials involving its gene therapy for sickle cell disease after receiving...

Gene therapy in lab
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 02.16.2021

A company has stopped its clinical studies of a promising gene therapy for the blood disorder sickle cell disease after...

Covid-19 vaccine
By Mihir Zaveri, The New York Times | 02.16.2021

Officials in New York City released new data by ZIP codes on Tuesday that they said underscored troubling disparities in...

Magnifying glass
By GMWatch Staff, GMWatch | 02.16.2021

UK farm and environment ministry DEFRA published an “Explainer” document on gene editing as a guide for members of the...