NEWS
Loneliness before, during and after coronavirius. Is it an epidemic in our hiper developed countries? Medical and ethical approach
Before addressing the continuos increase of loneliness in Britain and its medical and ethical effects, we give specialists' opinions of what is happening in the United State in the Coronavirus era (read HERE). In this respect, a recent article published in Jama [...]
American official figures on fertility. The report shows that it has fallen to its lowest point in the last 40 years
Fertility rate dramatic drops year by year with a severe lack of generational replacement The latest report on the fertility rate in the United States indicates that it has fallen to its lowest point in the last 40 years. US government Centers [...]
IVF people claims for their right to know. DNA tests allow to know faher identity despite the law protect anonymity of gamete donor.
Thanks to DNA tests and the internet but mainly to the mobilization of IVF people to defend their right to know the identity of their biological parents, many persons could find their biological parents despite the fact that the law that protects the anonymity [...]
A new era in genomics research. Whole genome sequencing of a human chromosome is obtained for the first time
Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), have managed to produce the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The whole genome sequencing results were recently published in the journal Nature [...]
The Poly-Parents revolution is coming. 3 or more parents’ babies are proposed as a common IVF practice
A recent article published in The New York Times (August 12, 2020), entitled The Poly-Parent Households Are Coming, discusses the current state-of-the-art in the production of babies and the technologies that are emerging to cater to new demands in this field. Thus far, [...]
30 years of HIV vaccine research gives more confidence in the search of COVID 19 vaccine
An article published in the American journal The Washington Post makes a review of the differences, similitudes and synergies of researches for HIV and COVID 19 vaccines (read HERE). The authors say "In 1984, scientists discovered the virus at the root of [...]
In pandemic era, palliative care is even more necessary but a wrong understanding of the term limits its access
Our Observatory is following the palliative care issue as an urgent global ethical matter to be resolved, both in developed countries and in the rest of the world (read HERE). In this sense, the Lancet constituted a special Commission in palliative care (see [...]
Which areas have more disparities of quality of health care for ethnic reasons. Coronavirus, maternal health care and some diseases
Disparities in healthcare for reasons of ethnicity should be resolved. Coronavirus, maternal healthcare and some diseases By Bioethics Observatory|September 3rd, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Human Rights, Medical Deontology, NEWS|0 Comments Disparities in maternal health care, as reported in the February 2020 issue of the British Medical Journal, are one of the paradigms [...]
New York State web promote gestational surrogacy commercial contracts
The law will take effect next year with the financial support of the State: a true promotion of the practice. In this sense, the new budget of the State includes the cost for its applications. The Offical web of the State says; [...]
Apps for treat depression: a mixed bag
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical care has previously been addressed by our Observatory (read HERE). Now, an evidence-based ethical analysis published in the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience reviews the use of E-mental health applications for the [...]
New artificial species. How could they affect biodiversity?
Our opinión regarding synthetic biology debate. An article published in the blog Practical Ethics, defending the use of synthetic biology and gene editing to obtain new organisms that do not exist in nature. Its author argues that if biodiversity is valuable, then [...]
Palliative care shortage in Latin America is greater than developed countries
Palliative care is a patient right Since its introduction in the 1980s, palliative care has been evolving gradually in Latin America. There are currently 922 services in 19 countries. This corresponds to 1.63 services per million inhabitants, so most patients in the [...]
The United States has the highest drug overdose mortality rates. COVID just makes it a bit worse
A recent article published in The New York Times (July 15, 2020) with the title "In Shadow of Pandemic, U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Resurge to Record" approaches the issue in the current pandemic crisis. The authors say "Nearly 72,000 Americans died from [...]
Trump Administration questions UN’s “Global Humanitarian Response Plan” to the COVID-19 pandemic
UN response to pandemic questioned Political differences between the Trump Administration and the UN are known. In the current crisis, Trump warned the UN not to use American funding to impose abortion in its global campaign. Access to abortion as an ‘essential [...]
Adolescent cancer survivors show safety and satisfaction with ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Our Observatory has published medical and ethical aspects of ovarian tissue cryopreservation (read HERE) In this sense, a recent report shows the success of preventing infertility in adolescent girls. Adolescent cancer survivors opinion The survival of children and teenagers with cancer is [...]
New approach in sex differences in human cognition suggests a change in padigm
Our Observatory has published many articles of the objective differences in the brain between males and females showing that it is not a mere matter of different behaviors (read HERE). We said in a previous special report, "For decades, scientists have analyzed [...]
More about difference in brain development of adolescent girls and boys
We published in our Observatory a huge review of these differences [...] "anatomical and physiological structures are compounded by new discoveries on genetic sex linked differences which, far from being limited to the sex chromosomes, currently extend to around 6500 genes. Which [...]
Vaccine transporting innovation with film’s components could revolutionize immunnization programs worlwide
Vaccine transporting innovation could make a great difference in worldwide sanity programs A novel method for preserving, transporting and administering vaccines could revolutionize immunization programs in the developing world, circumventing the need for trained personnel and special storage conditions that are often [...]
Research study combines latest advances in gene editing with the therapeutic potential of stem cells
Gene editing and stem-cells therapy to treat blood diseases Researchers from Boston and Shanghai have recently published an interesting article in Nature medicine on their research using gene editing in human stem cells, with the aim of advancing the development of therapeutic strategies [...]
Human genome “grammar and lexicology” is extremely complex. Are we prepared for the genetics revolution we are living?
Human genome sequencing revealed the order of the 3 billion letters of the DNA (A, C, G and T), but not what they mean, much less the grammar that gives them meaning. In this respect, a recent article published by The Jackson [...]
