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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 Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times | 06.23.2016

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed an appropriations bill that includes a provision to pay for assisted reproductive technology...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 06.23.2016

Now that a federal biosafety and bioethics committee has approved what would be the first use of the trailblazing genome-editing...

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 06.22.2016

The surgeon gasped when he opened up his patient and saw what was in his spine. It was a huge...

By Danielle Venton, KQED News | 06.22.2016

When stem cells burst on to the public scene 20 years ago, hand-wringing and excitement in equal measure ensued.

Scientists...

By Karl Ritter, ABC News | 06.22.2016

A disgraced stem cell scientist is facing preliminary charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with two patients who died after...

By Alex Lash, Xconomy | 06.21.2016

Despite worries about conflict of interest, a National Institutes of Health committee that oversees the use of gene therapy and...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 06.21.2016

"Welcome to You.” So says the genetic test kit that 23andMe will send to your home. Pay $199, spit in...

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By Ëlo Luik, BioNews | 06.20.2016

Discounted Life is compassionate, critical and somehow as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking. Most of all it is an utterly captivating...