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
We also have healthcare surrogate documents in case we become ill.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
“I will be honest with you. We do not have any children and have no interest in being surrogate parents. But if you are respectful and hardworking, you will be treated fairly.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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