The city of Madrid hosted the Second European Congress on Transexuality, which offered a forum on many of the medical
Three out of every ten women have experienced some form of violence. Nearly one out of every ten women has
The use of human iPS cells in the treatment of stroke in mice offers hope in the treatment of this
On 13 June the Supreme Court of the United States published their decision to ban patents on natural human genes,
In keeping with the information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2008, in the United States,
Another hotly-debated issue is that concerning the ethics of circumcision of boys when they are unable to give their informed
The United States House of Representatives has approved a bill which would restrict access to abortion across the country past
Dignitas, A Swiss association which promotes assisted suicide, has accepted the first case of suicide for a 83 year-old British
In one of the latest issues of Fertility and Sterility (99; 1203-1204, 2013), new technological advances in preimplantation genetic diagnosis
A common debate in the field of end-of-life medicine is that dealing with the ethics of assisted suicide. This debate
A major issue associated to the use of embryonic stem cells in regenerative medicine is their tendency to induce tumour
PRACTICAL MEDICAL ETHICS Since the development of the first synthetic progesterone in 1951 and the commercial introduction of the oral
In the April issue of JAMA (158; 615-619, 2013), 10 of the most significant medical studies taking place in 2012
Bio tech company Natera, located in San Carlos, California, announced on 1 March the launch of a test for preimplantation
In the last five years the number of embryonic stem cell lines has increased rapidly. In December 2012 there were
An off-posed question is how long leftover human embryos resulting from in vitro fertilisation processes can be cryopreserved for use
The therapeutic possibilities offered by iPS cells seem self-evident and are set to increase thanks to the Japanese government’s commitment
An off-debated issue concerning assisted reproduction is the correct identification of infertile couples. A couple is thought to be infertile
Numerous medical and ethical issues arise regarding the subject of freezing of embryos leftover after a cycle of in vitro
The discovery of a gene that could play an important role in sperm development may be useful for producing a
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