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Observatorio de Bioética, UCVBIOETHICS NEWS

Observatorio de Bioética, UCVBIOETHICS NEWS



Mediterranean anaemia can be treated using gene therapy

 Mediterranean anaemia can be treated using gene therapy
    
Every year, around 300,000 children are born worldwide with β-thalassaemia, a type of hereditary anaemia that, that it presents asymptomatically

New breakthrough in the treatment of Crohn’s disease using cell therapy

 New breakthrough in the treatment of Crohn’s disease using cell therapy
    
Crohn’s disease treatment using cell therapy. In 2009, Spanish researchers (see HERE) proposed the use of mesenchymal stem cells for

Tissues and organs production using 3D printing: a hopeful but distant possibility

 Tissues and organs production using 3D printing: a hopeful but distant possibility
    
A topic that has major ethical connotations is  tissues and organs production using the innovative 3D printing technique. A recent article

Embryonic stem cells treatment is used to treat spinal cord injury with apparent success

 Embryonic stem cells treatment is used to treat spinal cord injury with apparent success
    
Doctors are careful not to predict Boesen’s future progress Keck Medical Centre of the University of Southern California (USC, United

The incidence of suicidal behaviour in Spain is very high

 The incidence of suicidal behaviour in Spain is very high
    
The national prevention plan has proven to be ineffective The incidence of suicidal behaviour has risen in Spain from barely

Euthanasia applied to a minor in Belgium for the first time

 Euthanasia applied to a minor in Belgium for the first time
    
Last September, news spread that euthanasia had been applied to a minor in Belgium for the first time.  In 2014,

Functional eggs obtained for the first time from mouse skin

 Functional eggs obtained for the first time from mouse skin
    
Scientists in Japan have transformed mouse skin cells into eggs and have managed to obtain fertile offspring after their fertilisation

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Does it improve the effectiveness of IVF?

 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Does it improve the effectiveness of IVF?
    
PGD reduces the live birth rates when used with IVF There is no doubt that a medical and ethical objective

She aborted her child to save her brother’s life. A paradigmatic case of medical and ethical manipulation

 She aborted her child to save her brother’s life. A paradigmatic case of medical and ethical manipulation
    
Can bone marrow really not be obtained from a pregnant woman? Because if it can, there would be no medical

Is it true that there are vaccines produced using aborted fetuses?

 Is it true that there are vaccines produced using aborted fetuses?
    
Some of the vaccines currently used to prevent diseases such as rubella, measles, rabies, poliomyelitis, hepatitis A, chickenpox or smallpox

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