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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...

Chickens
By Carol Cardona and Michelle Kromm, Scientific American | 03.11.2024

Recently, a group of scientists announced a breakthrough approach to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (bird flu or avian flu)...

gene therapy
By Betsy McKay, The Wall Street Journal | 03.11.2024

Akintunde Odunsi is used to taking long, brisk walks. So he worried in 2021 when he started feeling so tired...

neural networks and AI graphic
By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 03.10.2024

In 1889, a French doctor named Francois-Gilbert Viault climbed down from a mountain in the Andes, drew blood from his...

petri dish in IVF process
By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 03.08.2024

Scientists are a step closer to making IVF eggs from patients’ skin cells after adapting the procedure that created Dolly...

Human Genome
By Rob Stein, NPR | 03.07.2024

A big federal research project aimed at reducing racial disparities in genetic research has unveiled the program's first major trove...

IVF Clinic
By Daniel Gilbert, The Washington Post | 03.07.2024

Vitaly Kushnir’s fertility clinic offers to screen an embryo to predict a baby’s sex, but the service can lead to...

IVF Lab
By Liz Baker, Debbie Elliott, and Susanna Capelouto, NPR | 03.06.2024

The Alabama State Legislature passed a bill Wednesday night granting civil and criminal immunity for in vitro fertilization service providers...

DATA
By Juliet Kunkel, yes! | 03.04.2024