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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...

Black and white photo of a woman laying in a hospital bed.
By Geeta Nargund, BioNews | 12.05.2016

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Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a serious and potentially fatal condition caused by overstimulation of...

Microscopic image of stem cell.
By David Wagner, KPBS | 12.05.2016

San Diego-based Stemgenex is asking regulators to let patients have access to stem cell treatments it calls "life-altering." But patients...

Portrait photo of Osagie Obasogie.
By Sara Grossman, Haas Institute, UC Berkeley | 12.02.2016

Osagie K. Obasogie is the new Haas endowed chair of the Haas Institute's Diversity and Health Disparities research cluster. Obasogie, Professor...

Close -up photo of Donald Trump at a press conference.
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 12.01.2016

Of all the memorable lines from this year’s election, the one I keep returning to months later—for self-interested reasons—is from...

Magnifying glass
By Martin H. Johnson, Reproductive BioMedicine Online | 12.01.2016

This editorial comments on a paper from Chen et al. (2016)), published in this issue of RBM Online, in...

A man dressed in scrubs peers into a large microscope-like device and examines a specimen.
By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 11.30.2016

Specialists poised to offer mitochondrial replacement therapy if government’s fertility regulator approves the treatment

Doctors will seek permission this month...

Mitochondria mammalian lung
By Karen Weintraub, Scientific American | 11.30.2016

A promising technique to prevent mothers from passing on devastating mitochondrial diseases was thrown a biological curve ball this week...

Portrait of Steve Bannon.
By Laurel Raymond, Think Progress | 11.28.2016

Former Breitbart head Steve Bannon has been a national lightning rod ever since he was appointed CEO of Donald Trump’s...