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INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES
No. 133 - January 2025
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The HCA is a kind of “Google Maps” of the human body. Its interest lies in the fact that the atlas offers researchers a better understanding not only of what the body is like, but of how it functions in health and disease. In recent decades, science has achieved a new way to advance our understanding of major challenges, such …
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has published a statement by its Chief Executive, Peter Thompson, in which he recommends that the British government extend the time limit on embryo research. The current limit generally established for research on human embryos is set at 14 days after fertilization. This limit was established in the late 1970s, after the birth …
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For the first time, a Spanish trial developed over 20 years has succeeded in curing Fanconi anemia patients with gene therapy. Fanconi anemia is a rare hereditary disease caused by a defect in DNA repair, which affects bone marrow stem cells, causing a progressive loss of all types of blood cells. Likewise, its patients have a high predisposition to develop …
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Both oocyte and ovarian tissue extraction and their subsequent cryopreservation are procedures used when women want to preserve their fertility. These procedures are performed when women are going to undergo medical treatments with possibly sterilizing side effects, or if they want to postpone pregnancy until a more mature age. They then use oocytes obtained at a young age and kept …
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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 84,052. This decrease is due in principle to the change that took place last April in the laws regarding the …
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