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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 Max Bayer, Fierce Biotech | 07.31.2023

The FDA's Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., thinks gene editing—specifically base editing—could be a "game changer," but progress has been slow, likely due...

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By Jonathan D. Grinstein, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 07.27.2023

Part of the job as a pediatric hematologist for Michael P. Triebwasser, MD, PhD, is to take care of patients...

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By Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian | 07.26.2023

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The Italian parliament has approved a bill criminalising people who go abroad to have...

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By Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie, The Conversation | 07.25.2023

On June 14, 2023, developmental biologist Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz presented her research on creating human embryos using stem cells at the ...

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By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.24.2023

Some newly reported clumps of cells growing in lab dishes have been hailed as the closest things to human embryos...

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By Ilya Gridneff, Emily Schultheis and Dmytro Drabyk , Politico [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.23.2023

KYIV, Ukraine  When Tanya, a 45-year-old woman living in Los Angeles, paid $10,000 and sent two embryos to...

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By Kelly Hayes, Truthout | 07.20.2023

It’s really important for people to understand what this bundle of ideologies is, because it’s become so hugely influential, and...

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By Tate Ryan-Mosley, MIT Technology Review | 07.20.2023

Just four years ago, the movement to ban police departments from using face recognition in the US was riding high...