In the United States, the FDA has approved «the very first algorithm to monitor vital signs in patients in order to predict potentially fatal events a few hours before they occur». Developed by the ExcelMedical Company, this form of «artificial intelligence» detects «subtle changes in vital signs and issues warnings up to six hours before a potentially fatal event occurs». The…
Copyright: The Conversation, Academic rigor, journalistic flair. We’d all like to be a little happier. The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside of our control. Some of us are genetically predisposed to see the world through rose-colored glasses, while others have a generally negative outlook. Bad things happen, to us and in…
Más de 300 personas se han registrado para participar en el Seminario Internacional Cuidados Paliativos y Sociales Vs. Eutanasia celebrado en el Congreso de los Diputados y convocado por las organizaciones: Fundación Valores y Sociedad, Asociación Familia y Dignidad Humana, Fundación Jérôme Lejeune, Federación Europea One Of Us y Political Network for Values. …
La Marcha por la Vida en París, Francia, se desarrolló el día 21 de Enero durante cuatro horas desde la plaza de Ponte Dauphine hasta la explanada de Trocadero, en el centro de París. Ante los retos a los hoy hacemos frente en la defensa y protección de la vida humana, la Marcha por la…
Twenty-five years ago, after undergoing in-vitro fertilisation, an anonymous couple donated frozen embryos to «give a chance to those unable to conceive a child naturally». For their part, Tina and Benjamin Gibson knew when they got married that they would not be able to have their own biological children as Benjamin has cystic fibrosis, which has left him…
A study conducted by Boston Children’s Hospital and the University of Montreal warns against the use of genome editing in humans because the “genetic differences between individuals could prove detrimental to the efficacy of gene modification» and affect the safety of tests conducted in humans. The authors are in fact asking for gene editing to be adapted…
In an article published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynaecology, bioethics and medical experts express their desire for a more in-depth investigation into ethical issues relating to «amnioinfusion»—experimental foetal therapy. They list ten key questions to be examined: the potential risks and benefits compared to alternatives, information for parents, consent, evaluation of results, fair access, conflicts of…
Pre-implantation diagnostics have been carried out since the 1990s to detect chromosomal anomalies in embryos prior to implantation. Several techniques have been devised for this purpose. Polar body biopsies were initially carried out prior to fertilisation. Polar bodies or globules are cells formed during egg maturation, which disappear after fertilisation. They should have the same…
El jueves, 14 de diciembre, los legisladores italianos aprobaron una ley para permitir los testamentos en vida y la denegación de cuidados al final de la vida. La ley que acaba de aprobarse permite a los italianos escribir testamentos vitales y rechazar el tratamiento médico, la nutrición artificial y la hidratación, sin la posibilidad de…
