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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...

DNA gel test
By Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal | 02.14.2020

Stephen Wald took a home DNA test in 2018, hoping to explore his family ancestry with his two young children...

Magnifying glass looking at DNA
By Andrew Sheeler, The Sacramento Bee | 02.12.2020

A proposed California law would prohibit DNA testing companies like Ancestry and 23andMe from sharing customer DNA information with outside...

doctor explaining something to a couple
By Ari Berkowitz, The Conversation | 02.11.2020

An emergency room physician, initially unable to diagnose a disoriented patient, finds on the patient a wallet-sized card providing access...

abstract image of a fingerprint
By Jonathan Shieber, TechCrunch | 02.11.2020

A state senator in California is introducing legislation designed to provide more oversight over direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies.

The new...

latex gloves and a home DNA test swab and vial
By David Lazarus , Los Angeles Times [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.10.2020

These have been rough days for the DNA-testing business — an industry that sprang up seemingly overnight with promises of...

ultrasounds
By Sophie Wilkinson, The Huffington Post UK | 02.08.2020

“I was in excruciating pain, I was bloated and felt really sick. The doctor had said I’d be able to...

Strands of DNA being edited by CRISPR
By Megan Molteni, WIRED | 02.06.2020

It’s been over three years since US regulators greenlit the nation’s first in-human test of Crispr’s disease-fighting potential, more than...

a red Petri dish with a cotton swab rests on paper with GATC printed on it in multiple colors
By Matthew Haag, The New York Times | 02.04.2020

The president of FamilyTreeDNA, one of the country’s largest at-home genetic testing companies, has apologized to its users for failing...