Bioethics Observatory of the Catholic University of Valencia. Up-to-date special reports from the Bioethics Observatory at the Catholic University of Valencia (Spain), covering a wide range of bioethical, biological, biotechnological, biomedical issues including stem cell research, abortion, assisted suicide, gene editing and much more. Our staff of cualificated authors of our Univeristy,  presents general interest and specialised reports with ethical implications, based on the latest research findings from the world’s top medical and scientific journals.

Roberto Andorno: “Let’s put limits on neurotechnology before nothing can be done”

Rapid advances in neuroscience and neurotechnology have opened up an [...]

Humanized kidneys in human-pig chimeras. One more step towards the possibility of obtaining human organs from animals

Scientists from the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, in [...]

A woman has given birth to a child in Alabama after a uterus transplant outside a clinical trial

For the first time, in May a woman with a [...]

Embryos and embryonic models: new possibilities, new dilemmas

An article recently published in the journal Cell, raises the [...]

More evidence on the risks of oral hormonal contraception

A recent study provides worrying evidence on the relationship between [...]

The European Human Brain Project: “We can gain fundamental insights into what it means to be human”

The Human Brain Project is born It has been ten [...]

World Athletics prohibits trans women from competing in women’s competitions

World Athletics Federation banned trans women from competing in women's [...]