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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 Damian Garde, STAT | 06.27.2016

In biotech, your company is only as good as its intellectual property. And the Supreme Court on Monday left a...

By Kristen V. Brown, Fusion | 06.27.2016

When queried about the present state of biotechnology, Kevin Esvelt tends to sound more like a science skeptic than a...

By Benedict Carey, The New York Times | 06.27.2016

New York University’s medical school has quietly shut down eight studies at its prominent psychiatric research center and parted...

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By The Economist, The Economist | 06.25.2016

The project to understand the human genome has long promised to revolutionise the way that diseases are diagnosed, drugs are...

By Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 06.25.2016

It is tempting to provide an alarmist answer to this question. Yet it is wise to avoid the apocalyptic tone...

By Tim Buckland, Star News Online | 06.25.2016

LELAND -- After years of battles with the state, Elnora Mills is still waiting for a final payment from a...

By Ben Adams, Fierce Biotech | 06.24.2016
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CRISPR Therapeutics has raised an additional $38 million as part of its Series B raise, bringing its total...

By Bun Sengkong & Will Jackson, The Phnom Penh Post | 06.23.2016

Despite a veil of secrecy, details are beginning to emerge about Cambodia’s burgeoning commercial surrogacy industry.

In an article on...