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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...

Person coming out of double helix DNA strand
By Debra Bruno, The Washington Post | 11.03.2018

The other day, Ancestry.com told me that my mother was my mother.

Phew.

I was starting to wonder about some...

Underwater coral reef
By Yale University, Phys | 11.01.2018

In Burkina Faso, the government is considering the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to eradicate malaria. In Nantucket, Mass., officials...

Red squirrel
By Erik Stokstad, Science | 11.01.2018

LONDON—In the first attempt of its kind, researchers plan to sequence all known species of eukaryotic life—66,000 species of...

By Erin Brodwin , Business Insider | 11.01.2018

Anne Wojcicki, the CEO and founder of the popular Silicon Valley gene-testing company 23andMe, said in mid-October that she didn't...

Pipet in test tubes
By Emanuela Campanella, Global News [Cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 11.01.2018

The Canadian Border Services Agency is collecting the DNA of immigrants and using ancestry websites to find long-lost family members...

By Angela Chen, The Verge | 10.31.2018

“Genetic privacy” is a complicated concept, and a new study finds that decoding how people feel about the idea is...

Pink heart muscle cells sample
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 10.29.2018

For Dr. Piero Anversa, the fall from scientific grace has been long, and the landing hard.

Researchers worldwide once hailed...

Blue, pink and white transgender flag flying
By Christoph Hanssmann, TruthOut | 10.27.2018

The Trump administration’s proposed scheme to redefine sex as “a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth” is not...