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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 | 10.10.2015
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This week, a team from the University of California, Los Angeles claimed to have found several epigenetic marks—chemical...

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 10.09.2015
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The public uproar about high drug prices has focused on outlandish cases such as single pills jacked up...

By Michael White, Pacific Standard | 10.09.2015
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Having a child who suffers from a major genetic disease can be one of life's most challenging surprises...

By Martin Kaste, NPR | 10.09.2015

Over the summer, the Texas Forensic Science Commission, which sets standards for physical evidence in state courts, came to...

By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 10.08.2015

Gay or straight? A saliva test can predict the answer, and get it right 67 per cent of the time...

By Erin E. Murphy, The Daily Beast | 10.07.2015
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Plenty of things can go wrong in DNA testing in a run-of-the-mill case. Problems with interpreting the sample...

By Michael Slezak, New Scientist | 10.07.2015
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Your genes are no longer patentable in Australia. The country’s highest court found unanimously that two previous Australian...

By Staff, GenomeWeb | 10.06.2015
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's International Bioethics Committee called for a moratorium on germline genome...