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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 Clare Wilson, New Scientist | 07.07.2016

Can light restore hearing in deaf people? Researchers hope that through optogenetics, they can use micro-LED lights to make...

By Alice Bell, The Guardian | 07.06.2016

Brexit has thrown British science into a mess. During this period of political upheaval, it might be tempting to...

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By The Irish Examiner, The Irish Examiner | 07.06.2016

Hidden effects on metabolism and ageing may make it harder to rid future generations of devastating inherited diseases using a...

By Tom Mendelsohn, ARS Technica | 07.06.2016

In 1975, the Swedish government decided it could help medical research by collecting a blood sample from every child born...

By Will Jackson & Vandy Muong, The Phnom Penh Post | 07.06.2016

A US-based commercial surrogacy agency, Surrogacy Cambodia, has begun marketing to US citizens “personalised services” – including surrogacy and gender...

By A. Gordon Smith, Harvard Business Review | 07.06.2016

I met Tony in 2001 when he was sent to me with severe muscle weakness. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to...

By Sheila Kaplan, STAT | 07.06.2016

For years, ethicist Arthur Caplan warned medical researchers that paying businesses to evaluate their clinical trials was a bad idea...

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By The Lincoln Times-News, The Lincoln Times-News | 07.05.2016

Between 1929 and 1974, the state of North Carolina sterilized around 7,600 people whom it deemed unfit for parenting.

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