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Copia de Transsexuality treatment? Microsurgery for tubal obstruction or FIV?, etc. Nº 49

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Transsexuality diagnosis and treatment  The diagnosis of transsexualism is based on both medical and psychiatric findings, criteria that have been enshrined in medical guidelines, such as the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of … Read more.

Xenobiology and environment Synthetic biology and xenobiology could be great tools for improving the environment, but there must be a balance in which the pursuit of benefits for humans is combined with respect for nature and its laws. Pope Francis published his encyclical Laudato si, in which he gave his views… Read more.

NEWS

Assisted reproduction worldwide The situation of assisted reproduction in the world varies from country to country, and so must also be assessed globally. This has been done in a large study published in Human Reproduction . Data were collected … Read more.

New findings on mitochondrial DNA question further advances Investigators at the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research in Madrid published an article in Nature, in which they showed that mice bred so that their nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA derive from different strains tend to age with better health … Read more.

Microsurgery for the treatment of tubal obstruction. Ethical and medical aspects One topic discussed in relation to the treatment of human infertility is the efficacy of tubal microsurgery for the treatment of Fallopian tube obstruction and its efficacy compared to in vitro fertilisation… Read more.

Contraceptives. Latest findings on their efficacy One biomedical and social aspect of interest is to determine their efficacy, particularly when this is compared with natural fertility regulation methods, and most especially when it involves choosing contraceptives that acts through an anti-implantation mechanism… Read more.

IN BRIEF

CRISPR veterinary (genome editing) to halt a serious porcine disease CRISPR veterinary applied to prevent the spread of  the worst nightmares for any pig farme. The syndrome now affects these ungulates worldwide, causing disease, death and foetal deaths, to the point where it has been… Read more.

Confirmation that cloned sheep can live a long healthy life After the cloning of Dolly the sheep  20 years ago this July, the possibility of using this technique to obtain animals that could be exploited has been suggested. However, one problem that Dolly seems, suffered premature aging and in turn was diagnosed with osteoarthritis at 5 years…Read more.

Assisted suicide in differents countries It is legal in four American states, Canada and four European countries. In the United States, assisted suicide law is exclusively limited to patients with terminal conditions. However, in other countries… Read more.

Could diabetes be treated with pancreatic cells produced from the patient? An interesting article in Nature has reported the possibility of producing pancreatic β-cells from iPS cells obtained using cells from the patient himself. The authors concluded that if used together with …Read more.

Bone marrow stem cells for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Surprising results A recent study published in the The Lancet has shown surprising results.  The study included 24 patients, 1 of whom died, while the remaining 23 had an objective improvement, with 69.6% showing no disease activity… Read more.

Assisted suicide in children defended by UNICEF before the Canadian Senate The Canadian government has legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide. UNICEF Canada has declared itself in defence of the … Read more.