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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 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 01.03.2015
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Turning 10 years old may not quite mark adolescence for a human child, but for a major government...

By Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 01.03.2015
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In Austen Heinz’s vision of the future, customers tinker with the genetic codes of plants and animals and...

By The Guardian , The Guardian | 01.01.2015

Most cases of cancer are largely the result of bad luck rather than unhealthy lifestyles, diet or inherited genes, new...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 12.30.2014
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The year in biotechnology began with a landmark event. A decade after the first human genome was decoded...

By Editorial, Nature | 12.30.2014

Physics, chemistry, biology and the environmental sciences can deliver wonderful solutions to some of the challenges facing individuals and societies...

By Jennifer J. Kulynych and Hank Greely, Slate | 12.30.2014
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Personalized medicine, the hoped-for use of the information in our genes to inform our medical care, may end...

By John Kass, Chicago Tribune | 12.27.2014
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Jayne and Jon Cornwill, an Australian couple, recently came to America with a bit of trouble.

The trouble...

By Clair Achmad, The Conversation | 12.25.2014
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This year the international spotlight turned with full-force on cross-border commercial surrogacy. The reality of children being born...