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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 Dan Koboldt, Mass Genomics | 06.19.2015
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The rise of next-generation sequencing has worked wonders for the field of genetics and genomics. It’s also generated...

By Philippe Sotto, Associated Press | 06.19.2015
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France's highest court tackled a sensitive subject Friday as parents challenged laws that effectively deny citizenship to surrogate...

By Hal Hodson, New Scientist | 06.19.2015
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"If you are walking down the street, a public street, should a company be able to identify you...

By Marianne Lavelle, Science | 06.18.2015
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The leader of the world's largest Christian faith might succeed in doing something that many experts have failed...

By BBC, BBC | 06.18.2015

Today scientists are using genetic markers from DNA to build up a picture of an offender's face, a process known...

By Ewen Callaway, Nature News | 06.18.2015
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The genome of a famous 8,500-year-old North American skeleton, known as Kennewick Man, shows that he is closely...

By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 06.17.2015
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After years of infertility, Angel and Jeff Watts found a young egg donor to help them have a...

By Karthika Muthukumaraswamy, The Huffington Post | 06.16.2015
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Up until recently, those in the technology industry and those conducting genomic research would have been considered strange...