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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...

By Ava Kofman, Alternet | 07.11.2016

Anyone planning a visit to Kuwait later this year may be in for a shock when they find they'll have...

By Ted Greiner, Independent Science News | 07.11.2016

What better way to discredit your critics than to rope in 107 naive Nobel Prize winners (all without relevant expertise)...

By Janet Phelan, New Eastern Outlook | 07.11.2016

Dual-use may be best understood by considering the functions of a knife. Used against an enemy, a knife can be...

By Tim Lewis, The Guardian | 07.10.2016

Moments after giving birth, her son not yet in her arms, Lolita Wästerlund had an urgent fear. “Does he have...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 07.08.2016

Two top executives and dozens of other employees of Juno Therapeutics, the company that on Thursday was forced to halt...

By Karen Weintraub, STAT | 07.08.2016

PORTLAND, Ore. — The next great advance in fertility treatments may rest with five young monkeys in a lab outside of...

By Damian Garde, STAT | 07.08.2016

Immune therapies have been hailed as the future of cancer treatments, with new drugs racking up excellent clinical results by...

By Derek Lowe, Science AAAS | 07.08.2016

Late yesterday afternoon, Matthew Herper broke the news that Juno Therapeutics had had their CAR-T leukemia trial put on hold...