Brain death controversy. Diagnostic tests for the best interest of the patient

Brain death controversy. Diagnostic tests for the best interest of the patient

INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES

nº 89

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SPECIAL REPORTS

Covid-19 retrospective, a disaster that should have been averted. Not all nations acted on time. “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”. And their citizens have paid for it with … Read more.

Diagnostic tests for brain death: this is the time for universal uniformity A controversial critical issue for the organ transplantation system: the death of a person by neurologic criteria.  The emergence of the concept of brain death at the end of the 1960s was a controversial fact, although today it is widely accepted in most developed countries. Nevertheless, there are still some issues for discussion… Read more.

NEWS

Surgical abortion, abortion pill and the use of fetal tissue to research in the US during the present crisis Surgical abortion The priority of healthcare systems has been to use all their resources to treat coronavirus patients and to postpone all non-urgent surgeries. In this respect, surgical abortion is considered… Read more.

A new era in genomics research. Whole genome sequencing of a human chromosome  Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),  have managed to produce the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. "The … Read more.

The Poly-Parents revolution is coming. 3 or more parents' babies are proposed as a common IVF practice A recent article published in The New York Times (August 12, 2020),   discusses the current state-of-the-art in the production of babies and the technologies that are emerging… Read more.

IN BRIEF

Chinese enterprise to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines established in the UK COVID-19 vaccines distribution a current bioethics problem. In this respect, a "social enterprise" has been established in the United Kingdom to promote the production and distribution. The company is supported by … Read more.

Solid organ transplantation during coronavirus crisis. Solid-organ transplantation activity has decreased even in regions where COVID-19 prevalence was low, suggesting a global effect beyond the local COVID-19 prevalence. A recent article published in Nature approaches liver transplantation (LT) programs worldwide…Read more.

Apps for treat depression: a mixed bag An evidence-based ethical analysis published in the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience reviews the use of E-mental health applications for the treatment of depression… Read more.

COVID 19 papers are not free of fraud included in elite journals Science journal published an article entitled "Authors, elite journals under fire after major retractions" reports, the first COVID-19 scientific fraud has been detected. In fact, last month, two articles rated as “major”… Read more.

Discussion whether human neurons can be regenerated. Experiments carried out in rodents Animal testing. A topic under discussion is whether neurons in human adults can regenerate. Now, a paper published in eLife and discussed in Science shows in experiments carried out in adult rodents.... Read more.