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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 Editorial, Nature | 09.09.2014
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It is perhaps unexpected that the United States — the oft-lampooned home of patents on peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and...

By Julia Belluz, Vox | 09.09.2014

All his life, Neil Schwartzman searched for his biological family. He was adopted in 1960 at 10 days old, and...

By The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Yomiuri Shimbun | 09.09.2014

One out of about 27 babies born in Japan in 2012 was conceived by in vitro fertilization, a sharp increase...

By Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post | 09.09.2014

A surrogate mother who had second thoughts appealed for help from authorities after becoming the target of threats and intimidation...

By Dr. Ted Morrow, BioNews | 09.08.2014

The regulatory path to clinical trials of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) was recently debated in the House of Commons...

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 09.08.2014

Scientists looking for the genes underlying intelligence are in for a slog. One of the largest, most rigorous genetic studies...

By Carl Elliott, New Scientist | 09.08.2014
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Fancy living forever, or uploading your mind to the net? The Proactionary Imperative embraces transhumanist dreams, but reminds...

By Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 09.07.2014
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A new way to make powerful changes at will to the DNA of humans, other animals and plants...