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By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Surrogacy360] | 03.29.2026
Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/
Why it matters: Confusing...
By Kiana Jackson and Shannon Stubblefield, New Disabled South | 02.09.2026
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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...
By David Shukman, BBC | 03.27.2014
Scientists have created the first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering.
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
Previously synthetic DNA has been...
By Rebecca Zamon, The Huffington Post | 03.26.2014
It’s been illegal for 10 years in Canada to buy sperm or ova, but Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête has learned...
By Judy Norsigian, Infertility Family Research Registry | 03.26.2014
As the demand increases for young women to provide their eggs for both fertility and research purposes, the lack of...
By Chris Chipello, McGill | 03.26.2014
Should whole-genome sequencing be used in the public-health programs that screen newborns for rare conditions?
That question is likely to...
By Lori Jane Gliha, AlJazeera America | 03.24.2014
Celia Vandegrift jokes that she is "senile" at the age of 87, but her memory is sharp when it comes...
By Ramesh Shankar, PharmaBiz | 03.24.2014
The 'National Guidelines for Stem Cell Research', issued recently by the union health ministry, has prohibited stem cell research in...
By Paul Voosen, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 03.24.2014
For a few years, the biological notion of race seemed dead and gone.
It was one of the high points...
It was one of the high points...
By David Tenenbaum, University of Wisconsin-Madison News | 03.24.2014
Desperate patients are easy prey for unscrupulous clinics offering untested and risky stem cell treatments, says UW-Madison law and bioethics...