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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 Charlotte Alter, Diane Tsai, & Francesca Trianni, Time | 07.16.2015
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Egg freezing has been hailed as a game-changer for women, an “insurance policy” to revitalize waning fertility, a...

By Nathaniel Comfort, The Nation | 07.16.2015

On April 18, scientists at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, China, published an article in the obscure open-access journal Protein...

By George Annas, Boston University Today | 07.16.2015
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The fertility industry is big business. There are more than 450 fertility clinics in the United States alone...

By Kate Yandell, The Scientist | 07.15.2015
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Scientists have used two methods to generate patient-specific pluripotent stem cells with normal mitochondria for people with defects...

By Susana Medeiros, RegBlog | 07.15.2015
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Scientists are working on synthetically designed microorganisms that may soon produce everything from the fuel in your gas...

By Joshua Rothman, New Yorker | 07.14.2015
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The defining scene of “Sense8,” the new sci-fi drama on Netflix, comes about halfway through the first season...

By Mark Spitznagel and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The New York Times | 07.13.2015
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Before the crisis that started in 2007, both of us believed that the financial system was fragile and...

By Rebecca Strong, BostInno | 07.13.2015
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Today, there are no shortage of options when it comes to starting a family without traditional conception. But...