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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 Pamela Fayerman, Vancouver Sun | 08.19.2015
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he College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. is grappling with regulatory and accreditation issues for a private...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.19.2015
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The CEO of the world’s leading DNA sequencing company says he knows how to finally get consumers interested...

By Editorial, Nature | 08.18.2015
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Science is not just for scientists these days. Going on a scuba-diving holiday this summer? Share the temperature...

By Kevin Loria, Tech Insider | 08.17.2015
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Genetics has advanced to the point that we can sequence a person's genome, outlining their entire genetic...

By Sumathi Reddy, The Wall Street Journal | 08.17.2015
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About one out of five couples who come to HRC Fertility, a network of fertility clinics in Southern...

By Vidya Venkat, The Hindu | 08.16.2015
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This week, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) uploaded a slightly modified draft of the Human DNA Profiling Bill...

By Patrice Wendling, Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network | 08.14.2015
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Fertility clinics are quick to tout their success rates to attract patients, but are they doing enough to...

By Margo Kaplan, The Washington Post | 08.14.2015
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Last month, my husband and I signed forms donating an embryo we had conceived to medical research. Meanwhile...