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INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES
No. 112 - January 2023
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The genetic selection technique carried out presents ethical and technical difficulties, so other ethically acceptable alternatives should be sought. For the first time in Spain, a girl with sickle cell disease has been successfully treated by transplanting cells from her designer baby sister's umbilical cord and bone marrow. The baby was conceived by in vitro fertilization after being genetically selected …
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Pérez Luño (2010, p. 50) defines human rights as “a set of faculties and institutions that, in each historical moment, specify the demands of dignity, freedom and equality, which must be positively recognized by the legal systems at the national and international level”. We would like to highlight the reference to history in this definition, or as Pérez Luño …
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Sexually transmitted infections in Spain According to the latest available data, in 2019, more than 36,000 diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) subject to epidemiological surveillance were reported, with an increase observed in all STIs in recent years. The pattern by age and sex shows a higher prevalence in individuals between the ages of 25 and 34 years, being more …
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These days we can read in several media that the British Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal filed by a woman with Down syndrome and a mother of a child who also has it. This confirms British legislation that allows abortion of fetuses with certain health conditions until the moment of birth. Heidi Crowter, a 27-year-old woman with Down …
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Dr. Carlo Bellieni, an expert pediatrician, states in Bioethics Today that "denying fetal pain in the second half of pregnancy can undermine preterm babies’ right to analgesia." According to Bellieni, in recent months there are some who argue against abortion saying that fetuses can feel pain in the first trimester of pregnancy, while others say the opposite (see more HERE). …
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), we will never know how many people have died as a result of COVID-19 around the world. A recent study published in Nature collects data provided by this organization. It draws attention to the huge discrepancies in estimates of excess mortality. Calculating these figures accurately is very difficult, the study explains. One reason …
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The Euro-Peristat network has recently published a new “European Perinatal Health Report. Core indicators of the health and care of pregnant women and babies in Europe from 2015 to 2019”. The objective of the Euro-Peristat Network is “to establish a high quality, innovative, internationally recognized and sustainable European perinatal information system. This system's goal is to produce data and analysis …
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