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INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES
No. 104 - April 2022
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The aftermath of the first gene editing on human embryos: the "He Jiankui affair"
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In 2018, He Jiankui shocked the world by announcing that he had created babies with altered genomes, implanting embryos in which he had used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit a gene known as CCR5, which encodes a co-receptor for the HIV virus, in order to make them resistant to infection. The implantation resulted in the birth of twins in 2018, and a …
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There is no science without philosophy
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Science and philosophy were born together Until recent times, there was no distinction between physics and philosophy, and indeed one can say that they were born and developed together. Thales of Miletus, who lived in the sixth century B.C., is considered the first scientist and philosopher, since he tried to give physical explanations for phenomena of Nature without alluding to …
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Neuroenhancement: from the scientific and technological vanguard to the difficulties and limits posed by the philosophy of mind and bioethics
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Review and first analysis of an article on the subject published in Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética (Ibero-American Journal of Bioethics). That journal recently published an interesting article on neuroenhancement, in which its difficulties and limits are addressed from the perspective of philosophy of mind and bioethics (Biscaia Fernandez, 2021). This is obviously a very topical issue in the …
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Gene editing technique obtains offspring in female mice without the need for sex or sperm
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This is the first time offspring have been obtained from a single female in mammals. The research, conducted in China, has been published in the journal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), under the title “Viable offspring derived from single unfertilized mammalian oocytes”. The approach involved a combination of two techniques: parthenogenesis and gene editing...
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One of Us publishes statement against war in Ukraine
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The European federation "One of Us", of which the Bioethics Observatory of the Catholic University of Valencia is a member, has released a statement denouncing the war in Ukraine. It states that “Europe and Western civilization need a true moral rearmament of its principles, its fundamentals, and its values. This “rearmament” begins with the defense of the life of every …
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In vivo partial reprogramming alters age-associated molecular changes during physiological aging in mice
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A research team led by the Spaniard Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte has published a paper in the journal Nature Aging in which they claim to have achieved cell and tissue rejuvenation in mice, using the technique already described by Shinya Yamanaka more than 10 years ago and for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Similarly, the epigenetic information of …
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Increase in number of non-assisted suicides in countries where assisted suicide is legal
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David Albert Jones, director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Oxford (England), recently published an article on euthanasia, assisted suicide and suicide rates in Europe in the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health (JEMH). After compiling a record of non-assisted suicide rates, the professor of bioethics concluded that these acts increase markedly in countries where assisted suicide has been legalized. Countries …
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When the level of consciousness is compromised: Ethical implications for the care of unresponsive patients
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A recent article, published in the prestigious scientific journal BMC Medical Ethics, analyzes the important issue of assessing the level of consciousness in patients suffering from disorders at this level, which represents an urgent challenge for their attention, monitoring and care. Its evaluation in people with verbal or behavioral disabilities, such as patients with disorders of consciousness, involves both ethical …
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First man to undergo a pig heart transplant has died
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David Bennett, the first man to have a pig heart transplanted two months ago, has died at the age of 57. The heart came from a genetically modified pig to facilitate organ compatibility and reduce the immune rejection response of the patient after the transplant. He was an American man suffering from severe heart failure. The surgery, performed at the …
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