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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...

babies in the hospital
By Shoshanna Ehrlich, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2023

On Dec. 1, 2023, the Natal Conference will be held in Austin, Texas. Promising to gather the “brightest minds in...

A fertility clinic operating room
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.16.2023

To be a great company founder, they say you should use your own product. Eat your own dog food. But...

synthetic embryos
By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer, Bill of Health | 10.13.2023

A synthetic embryo can now be constructed from very early pre-embryonic cells – without the need for an egg or...

a needle and a tube
By Charles M. Blow, The New York Times | 10.11.2023
Respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., is a nasty bug. It’s the leading cause of hospitalizations among American infants and results...
flag of California
By Sam Levin and Maanvi Singh, The Guardian | 10.10.2023

California has become the first state to ban the use of “excited delirium” as a cause of death, prohibiting the...

23andme test package
By Kevin Collier, NBC News | 10.07.2023

Hackers have compiled a giant apparent list of people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry after taking that information from the genetic...

a crumpled $100 bill on someone's hand
By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 10.06.2023

It was one of gene therapy’s greatest successes — and greatest disappointments.

Strimvelis is a potent treatment for a devastating...

 stethoscope in black and white
By Carmen Drahl, NPR | 10.06.2023

It seemed like a pretty straightforward exercise.

Arsenii Alenichev typed sentences like "Black African doctors providing care for white suffering...