News

Surrogacy goes more mainstream

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Emily Galpern] | 03.29.2026

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...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part I

By Jessica Riskin, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 03.23.2026

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...

Civil Society

Surrogacy laws are all over the map

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...

Policies

Project Eugenics: The Rollback of Disability Rights

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...

U.S. States

Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible for Diabetes

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 03.02.2014
A new study based on genetic testing of 150,000 people has found a rare mutation that protects even fat people...
Genomics

The Dilemma of Whether to Release Genetic Information

By Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 03.01.2014
New studies are suggesting that doctors need to be more cautious when they release genetic information to patients.

A recent...
Bioethics

The Market For DNA Sequencing-Based Down Syndrome Tests Could Exceed $6 Billion

By Matthew Herper, Forbes | 02.28.2014
On Wednesday night the New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that a new, DNA-sequencing based blood test...
Bioethics

Canadian Fashion Mogul Nygard Puts his Faith in Stem-Cell Science

By Patrick White, The Globe and Mail | 02.28.2014
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Martin Luther King pioneered civil rights in America.

Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration...
Public Opinion

Stillbirths and Infant Health Risks Higher in California’s Artificially Conceived Infants

By Miriam Zoll, Reporting on Health | 02.28.2014
A new study published in the Journal of Perinatology [1] online has found that in California from 2009-2011...
Biotech & Pharma

The Mammoth Cometh

By Nathaniel Rich, The New York Times | 02.27.2014
The first time Ben Novak saw a passenger pigeon, he fell to his knees and remained in that position, speechless...
Synthetic Biology

Stem cell scientist gets suspended prison term

By Nam Hyun-woo, Korea Times | 02.27.2014
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld a suspended jail term of one year and six months for two years issued to...
Human Cloning

U.K. Government Proposes Rules to Allow 'Three-Parent Embryos'

By Gretchen Vogel, Science Insider | 02.27.2014
The U.K. government today issued proposed regulations that would allow researchers to try a new and controversial in vitro fertilization...
Bioethics