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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 Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 02.23.2016
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New gene editing technologies like the CRISPR-Cas9 technique hold great promise for medicine and the biological sciences. Some...

By Bloomberg News, Bloomberg News | 02.23.2016

U.S. companies racing to develop a promising gene editing technology are up against a formidable competitor -- the Chinese government.

China...

By Jennifer K. Wagner, Genomics Law Report | 02.23.2016
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Chadam v. PAUSD, as previously covered on Genomics Law Report, is a case in which parents...

By Danielle Venton, KQED Science | 02.22.2016
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When you hear “gene editing,” do you think cancer cures? Designer babies? What about new fuel sources or drought-tolerant...

By Robert Gebelhoff, The Washington Post | 02.22.2016
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For a half-century, the ethics of human genetic engineering have been discussed in the abstract. Because the tools...

By Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times | 02.22.2016
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As diagnostic tests rely on ever-tinier amounts of blood, some scientists are striking a note of caution. As...

By John Vibes, The Free Thought Project | 02.21.2016
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New York, NY – A group of scientists who worked at a crime lab for the New York...

By Adam S. Cohen, Harvard Magazine | 02.19.2016
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In August 1912, Harvard president emeritus Charles William Eliot addressed the Harvard Club of San Francisco on a...