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INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES
No. 128 - July 2024
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American swimmer Lia Thomas, who became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA title in the 500-yard final in March 2022, has lost her lawsuit against World Aquatics (WA). Thomas decided to begin legal action in January 2024 against this international body's decision to prohibit participation in the women's category for anyone who has past male puberty. Despite undergoing …
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For the first time, a bilingual person, who suffered a stroke more than ten years ago that caused him to lose the ability to speak, has been able to communicate in English and Spanish thanks to a brain implant. The research, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, helps to understand how the brain processes language and in the future could help …
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It is well known that Down syndrome (DS) is caused by alterations in chromosome 21, trisomy in the vast majority of cases. At the phenotypic level, it has multiple anatomical, physiological and neurofunctional manifestations, including intellectual disability. Due to its polygenic nature, it has no cure, and standard therapeutic measures can only partially alleviate patients' disabilities. Although there is still no …
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The genes of living beings are the functional units of inheritance on which the physical and physiological characteristics that make up the organism depend. The Human Genome Project made it possible to sequence, i.e., read from end to end, the DNA nucleotide bases of our chromosomes. We have known the structure — and to a large extent the function — of human …
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The Bioethics Observatory brought together experts in genetic editing at a conference with a hundred national and international attendees. On July 4, the Congress “Genetic research: possibilities and risks. An approach from Bioethics” took place. It was organized by the Bioethics Observatory of the Catholic University of Valencia. In it, experts from various fields explored the ethical implications of current …
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The Supreme Court of the state of Iowa (USA) has decided to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. This decision marks a significant change in the state's abortion law, aligning with more severe restrictions implemented in other states. Historically, the United States has been a leader in the legalization of abortion since the emblematic case "Roe v. Wade" in …
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