Por Nicolás Jouve, Catedrático emérito de Genética. Presidente de CiViCa, vocal del Comité de Bioética de España. Se acaba de publicar un trabajo en la revista Cell [1] en el que colabora el grupo que lidera el investigador español Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte en el Instituto de Estudios Biológicos de Salk, en Californía, de obtención de embriones quimera…
Además de producir órganos humano-animales, estas experiencias persiguen estudiar las primeras etapas del desarrollo embrionario, e incluso ser utilizadas para profundizar en el mayor conocimiento de algunas enfermedades y en su tratamiento. El pasado 15 de abril de este 2021, se publica en la revista Cell el primer trabajo en el que se describe la producción…
By Nicolás Jouve, Emeritus Professor of Genetics. President of CiViCa, member of the Bioethics Committee of Spain. (Cover image: A monkey-human blastocyst, an early stage of embryonic development Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology). A work has just been published in the journal Cell [1] in which the group led by the Spanish…
In addition to producing human-animal organs, these experiences seek to study the first stages of embryonic development, and even be used to deepen the knowledge of some diseases and their treatment. An article in the journal Cell (April 15, 2021), was the first work describing the chimera production human-ape (read HERE). The authors said that Monkey (Macaca fascicularis)…
It is argued that the “slippery slope” that could be created after the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide could open the door to euthanasia practices that go beyond those permitted by law. In this respect, we address three specific circumstances in which we believe this could occur: 1) euthanasia techniques could be applied in…
In some countries, particularly Spain, one of the arguments used to justify the legalization of euthanasia is that there is a strong social demand for it. To try to ascertain the truth of this statement, we review different surveys of physicians and the general public, to determine their opinion on whether or not to legalize…
Read more. This article is a reasoned response to the article by Timothy F. Murphy, recently published in the prestigious journal Bioethics, on the supposed opposition between the views of the Catholic Church and what he calls “contemporary science” in relation to certain anthropological issues linked to the gender perspective. To point to “the Vatican” as…
Leer más. Todos los miembros aseguran que legalizar la eutanasia o el suicidio asistido «supone iniciar un camino de desvalor de la protección de la vida humana». El Comité de Bioética advierte en su informe al Ejecutivo de que la ley propuesta no es válida desde un punto de vista ético porque «reconoce la muerte como…
Read more. Lithuania has declared the business of surrogacy contrary to the dignity of women and children.While in some countries a revision of the laws is demanded to accept surrogacy, and while the different jurisdictions increasingly accept the fait accompli when carried out abroad, Lithuania rebels against this practice and declares it radically contrary to dignity The Lithuanian Parliament, called…
Leer más. Lituania ha declarado el negocio de los vientres de alquiler contrario a la dignidad de las mujeres y de los niños Mientras algunos en algunos países se desea una revisión de las leyes para que se acepte la maternidad subrogada, y mientras las distintas jurisdicciones aceptan cada vez más fácilmente el hecho consumado…
