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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 Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 03.08.2016
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In an unusual move, a leading genetic testing company is making genetic information from the people it has...

By Steven Salzberg, Forbes | 03.07.2016

This week I’m calling out some recent headlines about medical “breakthroughs” that were wildly misleading. Even when the science itself...

By Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 03.07.2016

Whenever a paper about CRISPR–Cas9 hits the press, the staff at Addgene quickly find out. The non-profit company is where...

By Douglas Starr, Science/AAAS | 03.07.2016

On a Tuesday morning in Boise, biologist Greg Hampikian is on speakerphone with Christopher Tapp, an inmate at the Idaho...

By Beth Daley, New England Center for Investigative Reporting | 03.06.2016

Little Kate Summersgill certainly didn’t look like a child with Down syndrome — no upward slanting eyes or telltale flat...

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 03.05.2016

In the expanding realm ruled by Randal J. Kirk, sliced apples don’t brown. Salmon grow twice as fast without swimming...

By Sean Captain, Fast Company | 03.04.2016
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Getting a full readout of your entire genetic sequence promises to radically alter how we monitor our health...

By Catherine Shanahan, The Irish Examiner | 03.04.2016

More than 80 children were born abroad as a result of surrogacy arrangements for Irish parents since 2011, according to...