News

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...

"MC0_8230" via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by 2.0 

This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

Illustrated image of mitochondria
By Emily Willingham, Forbes [citing CGS] | 09.28.2016

A U.S. fertility specialist, foiled by U.S. regulations, took his tools to Mexico to tweak human cells into developing into...

Dr. John Zhang, New Hope Fertility Center (New York City).
By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 09.28.2016

A reported world-first in fertility therapy — a baby boy conceived using a controversial technique that mixes DNA from three...

Black and white image of a winding staircase.
By Melanie Evans, Wall Street Journal | 09.25.2016

The race is on to develop better ways to predict if patients will develop diabetes, heart disease or other critical...

"Top Secret" stamp over white background.
By Dave Mosher, Business Insider | 09.24.2016

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may reportedly still engage in a banned practice that manipulates popular news coverage...

Illustrated image of double helix
By Rachael Rettner, LiveScience [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.23.2016

Scientists in Sweden have become the first to edit the genetic material in healthy human embryos, but what exactly are...

Silhouette of a hand gesturing with a "thumbs down," against a white background
By Leonid Schneider, For Better Science | 09.23.2016

The tide is turning for the fallen star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who transplanted numerous patients with lethal tracheas made...

Black and white image of an old globe of the world.
By Eric Niiler, Seeker | 09.23.2016

A Swedish medical researcher has taken another step toward eventually being able to engineer a custom-made human being. The experiment, ...

Illustrated color drawing the inside of a person's head, with the brain exposed. On the right side, there are social and creative activities in place. Grass surround  this side of the brain. On the left side, people are working in cubicles.
By Jim Kozubek, Scientific American | 09.23.2016

Not now, certainly, but maybe someday—although there are plenty of hurdles to overcome first

A letter was recently published in Nature ...