SPECIAL REPORTS
Genes are not the only way to pass down traits from generation to generation
From the color of our eyes to our odds of developing cancer, we are all shaped by the genetic legacy of our ancestors. But a new study in mice provides the clearest evidence yet that [...]
An NGO promotes abortion at home through explanatory videos
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has published a series of online videos explaining how to use abortion pills at home in pregnancies up to 13 weeks gestation. These videos were created by the NGO [...]
Nuclear fusion: Clean, abundant and cheap energy
The energy of the stars Replicating the way in which the stars and our sun produce energy is a goal that has been pursued for 70 years, but which has proven elusive to the scientific [...]
Is it reasonable to believe in God?
Pope Benedict XVI's homily at Regensburg On 12 September 2006, on the occasion of a Eucharistic Celebration in Regensburg (Germany), Pope Benedict XVI gave a beautiful and thought-provoking homily that we would like to comment [...]
Can bioethical objections be raised to the use of CRISPR to repair infarcted hearts?
On January 13, the prestigious journal Science, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published an article by researchers from the Universities of Texas (U.S.A.) and Regensburg (Germany), led by Prof. Eric Olson, [...]
The slippery slope of euthanasia in Canada
Governments that promote euthanasia do so with the utmost commitment to preserve respect for the freedom and autonomy of their citizens and with the sole intention of providing solutions to a life of “suffering due [...]
The “zero-COVID” experiment: radical lockdown
The “zero-COVID” policies implemented by the Chinese government and other countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, mainly consisted of an attempt to completely eliminate outbreaks, establishing strict border controls and extreme containment measures [...]
Is the use of artificial embryos ethical?
Artificial embryos, also called embryoids, embryonic models or blastoids, are cell agglomerates obtained from stem cells that reflect, to a certain extent, some structures and functions of embryos. In order to be able to study [...]
Seattle public schools have sued several social networks for causing mental health problems in young people
According to BusinessInsider, Seattle school boards have blamed some social networks like Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat for manipulating and abusing the vulnerable brains of young people, «hooking tens of millions of students across the [...]
A designer baby cures her sister of a hereditary disease
The genetic selection technique carried out presents ethical and technical difficulties, so other ethically acceptable alternatives should be sought. For the first time in Spain, a girl with sickle cell disease has been successfully treated [...]
Sexually transmitted infections: an alarming public health problem
Sexually transmitted infections in Spain According to the latest available data, in 2019, more than 36,000 diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) subject to epidemiological surveillance were reported, with an increase observed in all STIs [...]
Human rights, artificial intelligence and neurolaw. From Karel Vašák to human rights 4.0
INTRODUCTION Pérez Luño (2010, p. 50) defines human rights as “a set of faculties and institutions that, in each historical moment, specify the demands of dignity, freedom and equality, which must be positively recognized by [...]
Results of gender transition treatments: reassuring or disturbing?
On October 21, 2022, the scientific journal The Lancet published an article regarding the research carried out by Dutch researchers. It analyzed the progression in gender transition treatments in those who were administered puberty-blocking drugs [...]
The Catholic University of Valencia has paid tribute to Dr. Justo Aznar
A book dedicated to the person and research career of Dr. Aznar was presented at the tribute. In the work, prefaced by Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, 27 researchers, professors and scientists have collaborated. Two days before [...]
Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022
Paleoanthropology is the scientific study of human evolution Paleoanthropology is the scientific study of human evolution and appears to be an exciting scientific field, as it investigates the origin, over millions of years, of the [...]
Transgenderism, Gender and Sex: Reflection from scientific evidence on some aspects of the Trans Law
This is a reflection on the proposed new legal regulation on the phenomenon of transgenderism, which introduces aspects in the legal, social, educational and moral spheres that merit an assessment. We shall analyze some of [...]
A new space race
The legacy of the 20th century Since their origins, humans have had an innate sense to explore the unknown and discover new worlds, always seeking to go further. The technological advances of the twentieth century [...]
Preparing the next pandemic: a bioethical perspective
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the situation of national health systems and, therefore, the preparation, planning, coordination and prevention of countries in the face of a situation of high demand for care. Our health service [...]
The “Trans Law” in Spain, increasingly criticized by experts
The approval last June of the Bill for the Equality of Trans People and the Guarantee of LGBTI Rights by the Spanish Government has generated controversy since then. Now the Government wants to approve this [...]
Humanizing the animal brain: a new ethical frontier
A recently published paper reports the experiments of scientists at Stanford University in the USA, who inoculated self-organizing brain organoids from human cells into the brains of newborn rats, observing that there was integration of [...]
