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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 Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 04.15.2015
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In a legal maneuver with billion-dollar implications, the University of California has asked the U.S. Patent & Trademark...

By Richard Harris, National Public Radio | 04.15.2015
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It's becoming routine for cancer doctors to order a detailed genetic test of a patient's tumor to help...

By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 04.15.2015
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The advent of three-dimensional (3D) printing has generated a swell of interest in artificial organs meant to replace...

By Max Gorynski, Shout Out UK | 04.14.2015
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The need for control is as strong in humans as the need for love and the need for...

By Silvia Camporesi, The Huffington Post | 04.14.2015
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"What are the moral implications of genome editing?" is the question that has been posed by...

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature News | 04.14.2015
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The state of California is launching a US$3-million precision-medicine project. The effort, announced on 14 April, will draw...

By Judith Ireland, Sydney Morning Herald | 04.14.2015
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Australian officials could do almost nothing to stop Australian parents from abandoning their baby son, born through surrogacy...

By Russell Saunders, The Daily Beast | 04.14.2015
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Let’s say you have a whole lot of money.

Let’s say you have so much money that, even...