Bioethics Obervatory – Institute of Life Sciences – UCV Embryoid entity. New models are becoming similar to real embryos

Bioethics Obervatory – Institute of Life Sciences – UCV Embryoid entity. New models are becoming similar to real embryos

INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES nº 79  Contact us HERE     20/09/ 2019

SPECIAL REPORTS

Demographic winter in Europe. Generational Replacement levels fails Never has it been more justified to assign Europe the classic name of “the Old Continent”. It is often said that some countries has been plunged into a worrying demographic winter in Europe of unpredictable social consequences. … Read more.

Journal of Medical Ethics article defends conscientious objection  for abortion provision Under the provocative title of Questionable benefits and unavoidable personal beliefs: defending conscientious objection for abortion, an article in the JME journal … Read more.

Trachea transplants. Medical and ethical assessment of Paolo Macchiarini’s experiments An interesting article was published recently in “The American Journal of Bioethics”, that gives a brief history of the controversial trachea transplants performed by Paolo Macchiarini and his co-workers… Read more.

NEWS

Washington State is the first to legalize human composting Cremation, burial or compost. In the state of Washington is already possible to choose between these three options upon death… Read more.

International discussion has been proposed about ethical use of embryoids An article published in Nature, signed by notable personalities in the area of bioethics, discusses the ethical implications of embryoids (organoids) or embryo models… Read more.

Russian scientist is waiting for the approval of the government to produce babies with a modified genome Denis Rebrikov, a Russian molecular biologist, has made public his intention to modify the genome of human embryos and then implant them in women to produce genetically modified babies… Read more.

IN BRIEF

Human–animal hybrid advisability. Human brain gene introduced into monkeys effects Chinese scientists have recently produced transgenic monkeys by introducing a human brain gene into the animals during their embryonic development… Read more.

The Court of Arbitration in Sports puts an end to athlete with hyperandrogenism Is it alone a matter of medication? The controversy is open Another social and ethical problem has arisen as a result of transsexuality… Read more.

Japan approves the first human-animal embryo experiments. Scientist Hiromitsu Nakauchi is the first researcher in Japan to receive permission from the government to create animal embryos that contain human cells human-animal chimeras and transplant them into surrogate animals for gestation, as explained in an article in the journal Nature… Read more.

News about HPV confirm that universal child vaccination is needed HPV vaccination need appears to be a incontrovertible medical and ethical issue. Now, a large study conducted in Scotland published… Read more.