Enhancement

A designer baby cures her sister of a hereditary disease

The genetic selection technique carried out presents ethical and technical [...]

Assisted reproduction treatments in Europe. Updated country-by-country view

We have analyzed in previous articles the ethical, social and [...]

Designer Babies. One more step to the ideal child

One of the bioethical issues of most importance and diffusion [...]

Has the ‘holy grail’ of ideal embryo selection been found?

In 2015, our Observatory published an article about the quest [...]

Ethical issues related to non-invasive prenatal genetic testing

Non-invasive prenatal genetic testing NIPT is a method that uses [...]

The revolution of babies with 3 or more parents (Poly-Parents) is coming

A recent article published in The New York Times (August [...]

Bioethical approach of “Medicine babies” or saviour siblings as therapeutic remedy for his older brother or sister

“Saviour sibling”  will always be considered as a therapeutic remedy [...]

Is it ethical to use gene editing to extend human life?

This technique for extending human life has a risk-benefit clearly negative At [...]