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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 Arielle Duhaime-Ross, The Verge | 11.11.2015
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Theranos isn’t alone in avoiding regulation using an easily exploited loophole — in fact, it’s just one among...

By Elizabeth Alter, The New York Times | 11.10.2015
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THERE are four locked doors guarding a specialized lab at the Harvard School...

By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters | 11.09.2015
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to privately held gene testing company DNA4Life over the...

By David Barrett, The Telegraph | 11.08.2015
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British police risk being overwhelmed with DNA and fingerprint requests from European Union countries if MPs decide to...

By Rob Stein, NPR | 11.06.2015
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An intense debate has flared over whether the federal government should fund research that creates partly human creatures...

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 11.06.2015
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It’s the latest hope offered to many patients at major cancer research centers: Let us sequence your tumor...

By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | 11.06.2015
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On 11 August 2014, an anonymous user of a popular infertility forum typed a message. “I am 47...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 11.05.2015
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The biotechnology startup Editas Medicine intends to begin tests of a powerful new form of gene repair in...