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NEWSLETTER No. 152

October 2026

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Mifepristone in emergency contraception: a new threat to the embryo

Mifepristone in emergency contraception: a new threat to the embryo

A recent meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy of low-dose mifepristone as an emergency contraceptive compared to other interventions. Beyond its effectiveness in reducing pregnancy rates, its mechanism of action and ability to interfere with endometrial receptivity has reignited the debate surrounding its bioethical implications and the information women receive about its possible effects. A recent article analyzes the efficacy of low-dose …
Palliative medicine and its ethical commitment to care for people

Palliative medicine and its ethical commitment to care for people

Palliative Care is the ethical commitment of a society that is sensitive to the suffering of its citizens. When medicine has failed to prevent or cure a disease, the physician must commit to caring for and supporting the person suffering from the disease in order to alleviate their suffering. It is then that we must adopt an ethical perspective on …
Synthetic cells and the creation of life: scientific advances, biological limits, and bioethical challenges

Synthetic cells and the creation of life: scientific advances, biological limits, and bioethical challenges

Is it possible to create life in a laboratory? The most recent advances in synthetic biology have made it possible to develop artificial cells with some of the functions typical of living organisms, rekindling the debate over the boundaries between the natural and the designed. This article analyzes the true scientific scope of these achievements, their potential applications, and the …
The metaphysics of fine-tuning the universe

The metaphysics of fine-tuning the universe

Why do the fundamental laws and constants of the universe possess precisely the values that allow for the existence of stars, planets, complex chemistry, and, ultimately, life? The so-called "fine-tuning of the universe" is one of the great questions that contemporary cosmology has yet to solve: slight variations in certain physical parameters would have produced a radically different cosmos, incompatible …
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