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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...

Stained pink/purple tumor cells under a microscope.
By Sharon Begley, Stat | 07.16.2018

From the earliest days of the CRISPR-Cas9 era, scientists have known that the first step in how it edits...

DIgital illustration of dna in vials of different colors.
By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 07.14.2018

Late last year, Justina Crawford decided to swab the inside of her mouth for a saliva sample to do a...

Researcher extracts DNA from a test tube using a micropipette.
By Sarah Russo, The Technoskeptic [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.11.2018

Genetic Testing Kits: Fueling a Historical Discrimination Bias?
The diversity of snowflakes is a great analogy to that of the...

Tray of test tubes with purple caps.
By Liz Connor, Irish News | 07.11.2018

It's been four decades since Louise Brown became the first human to be been born after conception by IVF, and...

Newborn baby lies on hospital bed and stretches arms upwards.
By Ashley Fetters, The Atlantic | 07.09.2018

Sperm donation offers a tidy solution to an aggravating problem: When a person or a couple wants a baby and...

Beige conference room surrounded by glass windows.
By Douglas Rushkoff, Medium | 07.05.2018

Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed...

A laboratory technician handles capped test tubes while wearing safety gear and gloves.
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 07.02.2018

Dr. Joshua Clayton, a 29-year-old radiology resident at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, wanted to learn about his ancestry...

Up close shot of an officer handcuffing a person under arrest..
By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 06.27.2018

When the Golden State Killer case was cracked in April with the help of a genealogist and an open-source ancestry...