BIOETHICS NEWS Nº 29 [english language]

nº 29

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January 2015 UPDATED

REPORTS

Infertility treatments or an attempt to delay having children? Suppsosed suuport for infertility tratements featured by Apple and Facebook  is really an interest in employers "care for loved ones and raise their families"? … Leer más.

Spinal cord regeneration - a step forward There is a casuistry in each patient who suffers a spinal cord injury, because a combined therapy that is successful in one patient is not transferrable to the rest. This week, both the national and international press published the outcome of … Leer más.

NEWS

Anti-abortion laws in Latin America A pro-life attitude is folowed especially in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica which abortion is prohibited under any circumstances. Analysis Bárbara Fraser analyses abortion laws in Latin America in a recent article published in The Lancet …  Leer más.

In vitro fertilization risks in mothers with heart problems Risks have been evaluated for the first time In vitro fertilization risks  (IVF) are the medical complications that can be associated with it. In this … Leer más.

Birth control and alarmist demographics predictions Could alarmist demographic predictions, explain hard birth control measures, especially in developing countries? It is generally agreed that it is difficulty … Leer más.

HIV/AIDS Is the end near? A necessary step to try to end AIDS is to prevent HIV infection. In relation to this, Julio Montaner, a leading HIV/AIDS expert, stated in a recent article that "prevention of HIV infection could be increased if 100% of individuals...". This is what he calls "treatment as …  Leer más.

Organ transplant in AIDS patients It is known that anti-retroviral treatments are allowing AIDS patients to become long-term chronically-ill patients. This means that many of them may suffer concomitant diseases throughout their lifetime. One such condition that often occurs in these individuals is renal failure … Leer más.

Cell therapy clinics unregulated in the United States Cell therapy clinics unregulated are proliferating in the United States.... Leer más.

IN BRIEF

Woman fertility - can an ovary be artificially produced ? Woman fertility treatment a promising possibility. The possibility of creating an artificial ovary is a new treatment possibility for restoring fertility in women who cannot benefit from transplanting cryopreserved ovarian tissue, as they have a tumour and there is a chance that malignant cells can be transferred.  An article published in Fertility and Sterility (101; 1149-1156, 2014) has revealed that an … Leer más.

Cell therapy effectiveness in myocardial infarction A recent study evaluated discrepancies in clinical trials dedicated to the assessment of the possible beneficial effect of cell therapy in heart diseases … Leer más.

Diabetes treatment with cell therapy, a step forward One possibility for treating diabetes is to be able to produce pancreatic beta cells that can be transferred to patients and thus generate the much needed insulin in them. Up to now, there was a major difficulty in order for this to be useful in clinical practice, which was the low numbers of cells produced. An article has now been … Leer más.