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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...

Newborn baby crying in hospital
By Tracy Samilton, Michigan Radio | 04.12.2018

Saginaw attorney Philip Ellison has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of nine parents whose infants' blood was taken and...

A stack of 3 US dollar bills. The top bill is a $1, then $20, and then another $1.
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 04.12.2018

An analyst at Goldman Sachs asked a troubling question this week about gene therapy.

“Is curing patients a sustainable business...

Chinese flag blowing in the wind
By Javier Hernandez, The New York Times | 04.11.2018

BEIJING — The advertisement for sperm donors was exacting.

No bald men. No hereditary diseases like color blindness. And in...

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By Emily Mullin, MIT Technology Review | 04.11.2018

Sometime this year, people in the US and Europe will start getting treated for diseases using the gene-editing tool CRISPR...

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By David Ewing Duncan, Neo.life | 04.05.2018

Drew Endy almost can’t talk fast enough to convey everything he has to say. It’s a wonderfully complex message filled...

4 open micro-centrifuge tubes being filled by pipet with DNA.
By Anna Almendrala, Huffington Post | 04.03.2018

Julie Kennerly-Shah and Summit Shah were dating back in 2016 when they decided to buy kits from 23andMe, the popular...

Arrow hitting target
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 04.02.2018

BIOTECH HAS BEEN betting big on Crispr, the gene-editing technique that promises to snip away some of humanity’s worst diseases. But...

A pair of white baby size shoes on top of a white calendar with the words "Due Date" circled in blue pen.
By Françoise Baylis and Alana Cattapan, The Conversation | 04.02.2018

In Canada, it’s illegal to pay for the services of a surrogate mother or to purchase human gametes — sperm...