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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 Steve Sternberg, US News & World Report | 06.10.2016

A decade after Jean Burns was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, she needed a miracle. Even the drugs of last resort...

Red fibers indicate mitochondrial disease.
By Ricki Lewis, PLOS | 06.09.2016

The disconnect was striking between the headline of the news release a few days ago – “Improved method for mitochondrial...

By Tarek Bazley, Al Jazeera | 06.09.2016
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Seven years after creating their first organoid - a three-dimensional organ-bud grown in a test tube - Dutch researchers say the...

By Christopher Moraff, The Daily Beast | 06.09.2016

Marlon Jones was arrested for taking legal painkillers, prescribed to him by a doctor, after a double knee replacement.

Jones...

By Jim Thomas, The Guardian | 06.09.2016

If there is a prize for the fastest emerging tech controversy of the century the ‘gene drive’ may have...

By Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post | 06.08.2016

It is premature to fight malaria, Zika, Lyme and other diseases with genetically engineered insects or other animals that have been...

By Nelson Michael & Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 06.08.2016

With an election round the corner, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is coming to the end...

By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 06.07.2016
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If you are interested in the buying and selling of human eggs, you might want to take in...