International experts analyzed at the Catholic University of Valencia the possibilities, limits and bioethical challenges posed by gene editing and the creation of organoids. On April 20, the Bioethics Observatory at the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV) held its annual [...]
On April 20, 2026, the congress “Synthetic Biology and the Human Future: Possibilities, Limits, and Bioethical Challenges,” organized by the Bioethics Observatory, will take place. This event seeks to address the new ethical frontiers that arise from the current capacity [...]
The Bioethics Observatory of the Catholic University of Valencia has reaffirmed its digital leadership during the 2024-2025 period, registering sustained growth on both its main website in Spanish and its international version, Bioethics Observatory. Together, the two platforms have more [...]
Japan has liberalized the dispensing of the postcoital contraceptive pill by authorizing the pharmaceutical company ASKA to sell its drug NORLEVO without a prescription, thus joining the trend promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new regulations allow the [...]
The development of Darwin Monkey marks a milestone in artificial brain emulation, bringing Artificial Intelligence closer to the cognitive capabilities of living beings. However, this advance also raises profound ethical dilemmas about the consciousness, responsibility and the social impact of [...]
A pregnant nurse, declared brain-dead, remains on life support in order to save her child. The case raises profound bioethical questions about respect for human dignity, the absolute value of unborn life, and the limits of medical intervention. How far [...]
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster have discovered neural stem cells outside the brain in mice, in peripheral organs such as the lungs, tail, and limbs, according to a report in the journal Nature Cell [...]
After ten years of continuous declines in birth rates, Spain has recorded an increase in the number of births in 2024 compared to the previous year. According to provisional figures published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), 322,034 babies [...]
The rapid spread of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and the ease of free access to some of its modalities is changing the work procedures of many citizens. Applied in business, education, official bodies, calculation or design programs, [...]
Palliative care consists of providing holistic care to those suffering from an advanced illness, using a methodology that promotes conceiving each reality as a whole, distinct from the sum of its component parts. Therefore, this care focuses on comprehensive care [...]
According to data from the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), abortions in the State of Florida decreased by 28% in 2024. While, in 2024, 60,755 unborn babies were eliminated, in the year 2023, abortions reached the terrible figure of [...]
Texas is moving forward with a bill that seeks to further restrict access to abortion pills in the state. This month, Republican Texas state Representative Pat Curry introduced a proposal to classify mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances. These are [...]
