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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 Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 04.29.2016
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Who stands to benefit from – or lose out on – gene editing? Advances in our ability to...

By Alex Lash, Xconomy | 04.29.2016
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Boston — An icy March wind was blowing across the Charles River, but in the laboratory of Intellia...

By Sarah Zhang, WIRED | 04.28.2016
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The breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 ar two of the famous sequences of DNA in the world...

By Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 04.28.2016
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Aboard the International Space Station, six people are currently orbiting the planet at 17,000 miles per hour, taking...

By Editorial Board, The Chicago Tribune | 04.27.2016
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On Friday, scientists and policymakers meet in a Paris summit to grapple over the ethics and science of...

Francis deSouza joined Illumina in 2013 as president.
By Christine Farr, Fast Company | 04.27.2016
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A simple blood test to detect early signs of cancer. A noninvasive way to screen pregnancies for common...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 04.27.2016
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Molecule by molecule, the transformational genome-editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9 is getting so many upgrades so quickly it’s like...

By Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura | 04.26.2016
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On August 17, 1920, the Topeka Daily Capital reported an exciting development: a new class of competition had been added...