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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...

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By BBC News, BBC | 05.23.2016

Surrogacy laws which prevent single people from claiming parental rights are set to change following a ruling by the Family...

By Filipo Lentzos & Nicholas Evans, The Guardian | 05.23.2016

18-months of deliberation on how to regulate research enhancing the transmissibility and virulence of viruses will end when the National...

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By Michael J. de la Merced & Chad Bray, The New York Times | 05.23.2016

The German industrial giant Bayer has finally revealed its $62 billion takeover bid for Monsanto as it seeks to create...

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By Pete Shanks, Deccan Chronicle | 05.22.2016

On May 10, about 130 scientists, entrepreneurs and others held an invitation-only event at Harvard. Organisers told invitees not to...

By Reniqua Allen, The New York Times [Opinion] | 05.21.2016
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It all started with these little chocolate colored pink and blue ceramic babies. They were a strange Christmas...

By Shin Sung-Sik, Kang Ki-Heon, and Esther Chung, Joongang Daily [South Korea] | 05.20.2016

The use of fresh egg cells in stem cell research, banned in Korea for years, is being hotly debated by...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 05.19.2016
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The drug industry blames the Food and Drug Administration for driving up the research and development costs of new...

By Tanya Lewis, The Scientist | 05.19.2016

A Senate committee is today (May 19) taking a first look at a bill that would extend a federal ban...