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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...

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By David Jensen [cites CGS' Pete Shanks], The California Stem Cell Report | 06.24.2024

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The Biopolitical Times reported this month that the California stem cell and gene...

Red and yellow poster stating: "Only healthy seed must be sown! Check the seeds of hereditary disease and unfitness by eugenics."
By Sheila Kaplan, UC Berkeley School of Public Health | 06.20.2024

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These days, it’s a rare scientist who would admit to working in eugenics.

The...

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By Dan Samorodnitsky, Kevin Bird, Jedidiah Carlson, James Lingford, Jon Phillips, Rebecca Sear, and Cathryn Townsend, STAT | 06.20.2024

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In 2012, the Elsevier journal Personality...

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By Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence | 06.18.2024

June 19th is World Sickle Cell Day, and to raise awareness about the condition, Wunmi Bakare and Dima Hendricks...

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By Ellie Kincaid, Retraction Watch | 06.18.2024

Nature has retracted a 2002 paper from the lab of Catherine Verfaillie purporting to show a type of adult stem...

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By Jason Wilson and Ali Winston, The Guardian | 06.16.2024

Multiple events hosted at a historic former hotel in Berkeley, California, have brought together people from intellectual movements popular at...

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By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press | 06.15.2024

The mailings promised “Life Without Pain!” via stem cell injections or IVs administered in a patient’s own home. The allure...