I take it for granted that the opposition, in line of principle, of the Catholic Church with respect to medically assisted procreation (MAP) is sufficiently well known by the reader. The fundamental texts... | A news item published recently describes a scientific experiment which may permit human organs to be cultivated in live animals in the coming years. This technique could facilitate access to organs for transplants and address the current shortage in transplantable organs. In the study described above, (PNAS, 110; 4557-4562, 2013), scientists from the University of Tokyo genetically modified a... | As our readers will recall, in 2006 Jun Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka perfected a technique involving the reprogramming of cells, which uses differentiated adult cells, turning them into undifferentiated cells, or iPS cells, that are similar to embryonic stem cells. The iPS cells resulting from this technique can be... | Scientists at Stanford University (USA) and the St. Marianna University School of Medicine in Kawasaki (Japan) have produced eggs in a young woman suffering from premature ovarian failure by way of a treatment known as in vitro activation. The woman was able to give birth to a baby boy through this treatment... | An interesting article published in JAMA Intern Med (173; 1109-1117, 2013) describes a study wherein the authors evaluate the spiritual support for terminally-ill patients provided by different religious communities... | Violence against women is “a global health problem of epidemic proportions,” according to a report published by the World Health Organization. In a study released by the WHO, it was found that 35% of women around the world... | According to a study published on 3 July 2013 in BMJ (2013; 347: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f4165), surgical abortions performed during the second trimester are safer than those performed using pharmacological means. The article provides an abundance of data to support this claim; however, only 26% of all abortions performed due to physical anomalies in the foetus are carried out using surgical methods. | Approximately half (between 40% and 60%) of all children conceived using Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) are at risk of developing cardiovascular illnesses in the future, as opposed to 5% of children conceived via natural conception. This claim is the result of a study conducted by the research group from the Hospital Clínic-Idibaps (Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer)... | A recent article published in Nature (doi:10.1038/nature12394) describes a study which has the potential to cure Down's Syndrome. Under the supervision of Jeanne B. Lawrence, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the Faculty of Medicine of... | The use of iPS cells may constitute a therapeutic weapon against many serious medical conditions in the near future. To date, scientists have been able to induce iPS cells to differentiate into insulin-producing cells (Proc Natl Acad S, USA, 2009; 106, 157668-157773); that is, create pancreatic β cells from iPS cells (Nature Biotechnology 2008; 26, 443-452). Now, according to a... | |
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