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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 Brad Bertrand, Nikkei Asian Review [Singapore] | 12.26.2015
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Sitting in the center of a queen-size bed, five-month-old Justin (not his real name) looks like a typical...

By David Lom and Eric Baculinao, NBC News | 12.26.2015
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The head of a Chinese firm that is building the world's biggest animal cloning factory has...

By Janet Phelan, Activist Post | 12.25.2015
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We knew it was coming to this. The GMO revolution wasn’t going to stop at our dinner table...

By Dr. Filippa Lentzos, PLOS Blogs | 12.24.2015
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Synthetic biology is swimming in defense dollars. The most recent figures available on US trends in synthetic biology...

By Caroline Chen and Doni Bloomfield, Bloomberg | 12.23.2015
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In a single year, Rodger Novak’s gene-editing startup raised $89 million in venture funding, got $105 million to...

By Andrew Joseph, Stat News | 12.23.2015
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Precision medicine, in which drugs are matched to individual patients, has generated tons of buzz, from patient organizations...

By Janene Pieters, NL Times [Netherlands] | 12.23.2015
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The Healthcare Inspectorate is investigating two commercial clinics in Amsterdam and Rotterdam where doctors treat chronically ill patients...

By Yoon Min-sik, The Korea Herald | 12.23.2015
Untitled Document The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Seoul National University’s dismissal of Hwang Woo-suk was justifiable, marking an...