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REPORTS

Genome editing. Medical and ethical lively debate

Genetic modification of the human germ line that will pass to children, and to future generations, has sparked a lively debate in the international scientific community... Read more .

NEWS

World hunger. FAO report announces the largest drop recorded, more than exelent results, a trend towards the eradication of it and the discover of how to do

World hunger. FAO report announces the largest drop recorded to date

FAO report published on 27th May, shows a decrease of around 200 million hungry people in the world compared to the 1990 Report, which listed the global objectives now achieved... Read more.

Bioartificial organs New technique: producing pluripotent cells and integrating them into embryos of animal species until able to create tissues

Bioartificial organs. Promissing new technique

Several possibilities have been proposed to resolve this medical emergency, including: the use of xenotransplants (animal organs); the production of true bioartificial organs - most often using a natural or artificial biological structure... Read more.

Mother to child transmission of mitochondrial disease appears a new possible prevention technique which also afect germianl line

Mother to child transmission. A novel prevention technique of hereditary mitochondrial disease

This possible new technique to prevent mitochondrial disease transmission , while it has major advantages, remains nevertheless an intervention on the germ line, and therefore should be carefully... Read more.

Capital punishment. Many sentenced but few executions in the United States

Pending further decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States on the death penalty, a growing trend has been observed in favour of abolitionism … Read more .

IN BRIEF

Nagel, puso en discusión la selección natural como única y suficiente explicación del aparecimiento del hombre en la biología evolutiva

Controversy over evolution. Natural selection an incomplete reading of evolutionary biology

Thomas Nagel calls into question the pertinence of materialist naturalism. The controversy has been echoed even in the mainstream media, such as The New York Times and The Weekly Standard... Read more.

Mother to child HIV transmission. Should mothers be legally responsible?

One of the ways in which is spread is mother to child HIV transmission, which can occur during the pregnancy, delivery or via breastfeeding. A recent article (Journal Medical Ethics 41; 375-378, 2015) discusses whether the women who transmit HIV to their children… Read more .

HIV positive organ donor.We ask ourselves if, faced with only a small percentage of HIV-positive donors compared to uninfected donors, is it reasonable to assume a risk that can easily be avoided?

HIV positive organ donors. Is it reasonable to assume a risk that can easily be avoided?

The idea that HIV positive organ donors has been dismissed until now. This attitude is currently under discussion (Journal Medical Ethics 41; 367-370,2015), with the news that this legal barrier could be lifted in the United States, should the potential… Read more .