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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 Kayt Sukel, BioTechniques | 06.11.2014
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Open any basic biology textbook and you’ll find a similar description of mitochondria, the small ovoid organelles found...

By Josie Glausiusz, Nature | 06.11.2014
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On 23 April 1945, my father, Gershon Glausiusz, was liberated from the Nazis. He was ten years old...

By Josie Glausiusz, Nature News & Comment | 06.11.2014
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On 23 April 1945, my father, Gershon Glausiusz, was liberated from the Nazis. He was ten years old...

By Rana Dajani, Nature | 06.11.2014
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In January, Jordan passed a law to control research and therapy using human stem cells derived from embryos...

By Mark Joseph Stern, Slate | 06.11.2014

Nine days before death row inmate Earl Washington’s scheduled execution, his lawyers informed the state of Virginia that it was...

By Adam Frank, NPR Blog | 06.10.2014
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We have a problem. It's a big one that raises big challenges for the human future and the...

By Pete Shanks, The Huffington Post | 06.09.2014

Nicholas Wade's book A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History has been out for a month, and the fuss...

By Jeeg, Council for Responsible Genetics | 06.09.2014
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Background

The Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative (www.dnapolicyinitiative.org) is a civil society-led project which aims to set...