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INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES
No. 106 - June 2022
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The tragedy of frozen embryos sentenced to death
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The greatest bioethical obstacle, although not the only one, presented by some assisted reproduction techniques such as In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) or Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is that of the supernumerary production of frozen human embryos, the vast majority of which are destined for destruction. An article published in the newspaper El Mundo on May 2, 2022 presents as pioneering …
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Defending life in difficult times: at the service of the Truth to be free
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The miracle of life. The wonder of human life Two small cells, the male and female gametes, which will not live for more than 120 or 24 hours respectively, are the protagonists of an impressive biological event: their complementary fusion gives rise to a surprising form of life: they can live for more than 100 years. Recent scientific findings related …
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Adoption as a solution to the harmful practice of surrogacy?
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Gestational surrogacy, surrogate motherhood, “rent-a-womb”, or whatever we want to call it, is an assisted reproduction technique whereby a woman agrees to carry a child under a contract that requires her to transfer all rights over the newborn to another person or persons (the intended parents or grandparents), who will assume parenthood of the child. With surrogacy, human beings are …
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Possible repeal of abortion in the US
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Without good data there is no good science. The phrase is not ours, but Javier Gafo, SJ. And we bring it up because it is perfectly applicable to everything that is happening in relation to the latest news on abortion in the United States. The draft of a United States Supreme Court ruling on abortion has been leaked to the …
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Does performing euthanasia affect the mind of doctors?
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At the beginning of April, a news article was published Spanish newspaper El Diario under the following headline: “It's not ending someone’s life, it’s ending their suffering”. The news report relates the experience of one of the first doctors to practice euthanasia after its entry into force in Spain in June 2021. Andreu Pallars, the pseudonym this physician adopted out …
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Izpisúa regenerates damaged liver in mice through cell reprogramming
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The well-known Spanish researcher Juan Carlos Izpisúa has led a research, recently published in Cell Reports, in which scientists have managed to regenerate liver tissue in mice by reprogramming liver cells to earlier stages of development. Mammals have limited regenerative capacity, while other vertebrates, such as fish and salamanders, can efficiently regenerate their organs. Regeneration in these species depends on …
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Vermont approves suicide by videoconference
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Vermont just passed a law legalizing remote prescription of assisted suicide drugs. The new rule also removes the previous requirement that the doctor has examined the patient. In this way, the doctor will never have to meet the patient in person. Human dignity entails the necessary existence of the human person, which is why, in general, any action or omission …
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3,000 babies are born in the US thanks to the reversal of chemical abortion with mifepristone
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On June 9, 2021, we published a news in our website related to the reversal of chemical abortion with mifepristone. This practice, carried out in the United Kingdom by cardiologist Dermot Kearney and obstetrician Eileen Reilly, has been the subject of a complaint by abortion groups such as Marie Stopes International, the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) and …
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The new telephone for suicide prevention has answered a thousand calls on its first day
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The 024, the new telephone that the Spanish Ministry of Health has launched to serve people with suicidal ideation or close to them, has registered around a thousand calls on its first day of operation, last Tuesday, May 10. The calls lasted approximately half an hour and some had to be referred to the 112 emergency telephone number. Line 024 …
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