surrogate

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“If you’re investing in small data sets and relying on surrogate endpoints, the risk has simply become too high,” says Simos Simeonidis, managing partner and co-founder of Kos Biotechnology Partners, an investment fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Nkanu was one of twin boys born in 2024, using a surrogate.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

So being a single father by choice is a rarer phenomenon, and doing so via gestational surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother bears no genetic link to the child she carries, is rarer yet.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

The cub’s selfish decisions lead to the tree laying itself across a chasm to save its surrogate child.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

He wasn't just losing his sister; he was losing his surrogate mom.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi