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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 Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal | 03.12.2015
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23andMe Inc., the personal genetics company, has sold enough DNA spit kits to accumulate genetic information on 850,000...

By Sarah C. P. Williams, Science News | 03.12.2015
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You’re not completely human, at least when it comes to the genetic material inside your cells. You—and everyone...

By Editorial, Washington Post Editorial | 03.11.2015

WHAT’S THE point of spending millions of dollars on a crime lab if people don’t trust its findings and won’t...

By Editorial, Los Angeles Times | 03.11.2015
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A procedure newly approved in Britain allows babies to be conceived with DNA from three parents — a...

By John Whitehead, The Blaze | 03.11.2015
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Every dystopian sci-fi film we’ve ever seen is suddenly converging into this present moment in a dangerous trifecta...

By Hank Campbell, Science 2.0 | 03.11.2015
Untitled Document A decade ago there was a culture war surrounding human embryonic stem cells - people assumed it was...
By Marcin Goettig, Reuters [Poland] | 03.10.2015
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Poland's government approved a draft bill to regulate in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment on Tuesday, in a move aimed...

By Edward Hockings and Lewis Coyne, The Guardian | 03.10.2015
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With the UK launch of 23andMe’s home DNA testing kit, the legalisation of mitochondrial DNA transfer, and the...