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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...

An illustrated graphic of a side-view of a human head. Their brain appears with six small double helix icons on the side.
By Parminder Deo and Jacqueline Paulis, NBC News | 05.17.2017

DNA is what makes us who we are. In humans, our genetic makeup is 99.9 percent similar to the person...

Portrait photo of Mildred Solomon
By Mildred Solomon, Hastings Center News | 05.16.2017

Hastings Center president Mildred Solomon delivered a keynote address at the Future of Medicine conference, a national health care conference...

Black and white graphic displaying DNA strands within tubes that are lined up.
By Matthew Brown, Associated Press | 05.16.2017

China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely...

Interior of an empty courthouse, viewed in the perspective of any observer.
By Eli Rosenberg, New York Times | 05.16.2017

It has been about three months since Terrell Gills’s release from jail, and there are still sleepless nights and days...

Close up of a person in a white lab coat holding a test tube.
By Andrew Joseph, STAT | 05.16.2017

He made the emotional plea to his colleagues: Pass this bill.

“It might give somebody like my wife a chance...

A purple gloved hand holds two mice.
By Tamar Lewin, New York Times | 05.16.2017

Nearly 40 years after the world was jolted by the birth of the first test-tube baby, a new revolution in...

Contents of DNA spit kit, revealing a bio specimen bag and a tube container
By Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle | 05.15.2017

A year and a half ago, few health insurers would cover a noninvasive prenatal test — which draws blood from...

A skull is highlighted against a dark background.
By Ann Gibbons, Science Magazine | 05.15.2017

When the first busloads of migrants from Syria and Iraq rolled into Germany 2 years ago, some small towns were...