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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 Chuck Stern, BTRtoday | 07.08.2016

What if we could fix a broken moral compass? According to bioethicist and sociologist James J. Hughes of the Institute...

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.08.2016

Federal regulators have barred Elizabeth Holmes, chief executive of Theranos, from owning or operating a medical laboratory for at least...

By Kevin Ellis, Shelby Star | 07.07.2016

A bill passed by the the U.S. House this week would help victims of forced sterilization programs from being hurt...

By Ryan Gabrielson & Topher Sanders, The New York Times | 07.07.2016

Amy Albritton can’t remember if her boyfriend signaled when he changed lanes late that August afternoon in 2010. But suddenly...

By Sarah Hartley, The Conversation | 07.07.2016

Genetically modified crops are safe for human consumption and have the potential to feed the world and improve human health...

By Barack Obama, The Boston Globe | 07.07.2016

Health care is always personal. As science and technology have advanced, it’s become possible to make it personalized as...

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science Magazine | 07.07.2016

President Barack Obama’s ambitious 1-million-person personalized medicine study began to take shape this week with the announcement of four medical...

By Elizabeth Preston, STAT | 07.07.2016
When physicist Alex Zhavoronkov looked in the mirror one day and saw alarming swelling around his eyes, he guessed it...