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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 Ed Yong, The Atlantic | 10.23.2015
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The Akimel O’odham (Pima), a group of Native Americans from Arizona, have one of the highest rates of...

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 10.21.2015
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The genetic testing company 23andMe became a Silicon Valley sensation by providing consumers with health and ancestry information...

By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed | 10.21.2015
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Individuals hoping to learn about their lineage or see how closely related they are to Neanderthals aren’t the...

By Alex Lash, Xconomy | 10.20.2015
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The consumer genome. You’ll hear that phrase enough the next couple years that it will gain both the...

By Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Nature News | 10.20.2015
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The sun has been pale for months here in Sumatra and the skies are grey all day —...

By Katie Worth, PBS Frontline | 10.19.2015
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When Muna Guled, her husband and youngest daughter were granted refugee status in America two-and-a-half years ago, their...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.19.2015
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Man’s best friend is now his newest genetic engineering project.

Scientists in China say they are the first...

By Craig Klugman, Bioethics.net | 10.16.2015
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During a periodic training on the university’s harassment policies today, I learned that my institution has added “genetic...