Some American investors are trying to cash in. Peter Thiel, who shares conservatives’ concerns about the falling birthrate, has invested in fertility clinics in Southeast Asia and the U.S. 3/3

Taking inspiration from Elon Musk, some of these ultra-wealthy intended parents reportedly want to have hundreds of children to build up a “family dynasty.” Some clinics reject these requests, but without regulation, it’s up to clinics to decide what to do. 2/3

Some of the women escaped and are sharing their experiences, which make it clear how the lack of global regulation of surrogacy agencies and their practices leave surrogates vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
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Instead of fixing individual DNA mutations, its prime-edited suppressor tRNA makes it possible for RNA to ignore “nonsense mutations” and build the full-length protein. 2/2

It’s the premise –– that “there are people genetically superior to others and that you can achieve that through intervening in the genes… that idea is at the basis of eugenics.” 2/2