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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 Eric Boodman, STAT | 05.04.2016
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At what point should a scientist stop doing experiments on a human embryo in a Petri dish?

For...

By Patrick Monahan, Science/AAAS | 05.04.2016
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It’s easy to obey a rule when you don’t have the means to break it. For decades, many...

By Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian [US] | 05.04.2016
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When it was revealed that Google’s London-based company DeepMind would be able to access the NHS records of...

By Ellen Trachman, Above the Law | 05.04.2016
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Two weeks ago, the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure advanced House Bill 1102. The bill...

Cas9 enyzme used in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.
By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science/AAAS | 05.03.2016
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This week, scientists will gather in Washington, D.C., for an annual meeting devoted to gene therapy—a long-struggling...

By Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph [UK] | 05.03.2016

Untitled Document A groundbreaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people, has won...

By Eli Y. Adashi, The JAMA Forum | 05.03.2016
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In a first, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) of the United Kingdom recently approved a research...

Genesis Egg Donation & Surrogacy Group, Pasadena, CA.
By Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune | 04.30.2016
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With China’s controversial one-child policy no longer in effect, the U.S. is seeing a huge jump in surrogacy-related...