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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...

human brain connected to electrical circuits
By Jonathan Shaffer, Arsenii Alenichev, and Marlyn C. Faure, BMJ Global Health | 11.03.2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has long been criticised for championing the trend of socially reductive, ‘magic bullet’ technical...

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By Derrick Gingery, Pink Sheet | 11.01.2023

Some worries about heritable genetic modifications are subsiding and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Peter Marks said sponsors...

sickle cell
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 10.31.2023
A panel of experts said on Tuesday that a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease was safe enough for clinical...
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By Ellen Trachman, Above the Law | 10.31.2023

On May 31, 2022, Colorado was the first state in the country — and the only one to date —...

pig in a bucket
By Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times | 10.31.2023

A 58-year-old man with heart failure who received a new heart from a genetically modified pig died on Monday, nearly...

HIV t-cell
By Cormac Sheridan, Nature Biotechnology | 10.30.2023

A gene-editing therapy based on CRISPR–Cas9 designed to eliminate HIV-1 infection has rekindled hopes among scientists that it may be...

5 babies in a row
By Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières, Le Monde [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson] | 10.29.2023

Persuadés que notre espèce est en train de disparaître, Malcom et Simone Collins, un couple américain en attente de son...

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By Jonathan D. Grinstein, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 10.27.2023

Fyodor Urnov, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of genome editing and one of the scientists most invested in...