The news that a patient carrying the HIV virus was cured by way of a transplant using hematopoietic stem cell
A woman aged 65 and her son aged 25, have been arrested and held for questioning by the English police
In April 2013, the Preventive Services Task Force of the United States, recommended testing of persons aged between 15 and
In 2010, Canada voted against decriminalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide; the Canadian ministry of health has confirmed that it has
In Hungary, a baby girl was born to a woman who had been declared cerebrally dead. The 32-year old mother
Each day more data emerges which shows that oral contraception increases the risk of venous thrombosis in women who use
In the United States, the death penalty is applied using lethal injection, the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, and gas
Locked-in syndrome is characterised by complete paralysis, which impedes all communication with the outside world. A letter published in Current
In a prospective study of 100 foetuses conceived through the use of assisted reproductive technology and 100 control subjects, which
According to an article published in Nature (501; 373-379, 2013), a group of Austrian researchers has managed to create a
Megan Young, crowned Miss World 2013, has spoken out in favour of the life of the unborn child.
Gene expression can be conditioned by epigenetic mechanisms arising from the genome’s interaction with the environment. These mechanisms influence the
As of the 1st of October, there are 57,385 units of umbilical cord blood (UCB), stored in seven public umbilical
In a survey comparing attitudes of psychiatrists and general physicians concerning euthanasia and assisted suicide, it was found that when
The Center of Disease Control and Prevention states that half of the pregnancies in the United States are unplanned (American
Each day more uses of preimplantational genetic diagnosis (PGD) are being considered. In a recent article (The American Journal of
On 13th June, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously ruled that human genes could not be patented, either
Does race affect complications seen in premature infants conceived via in vitro fertilisation? This paper concludes that there are notable
According to the Daily Telegraph (18/10/2013), the chief executive of one of Britain’s leading abortion charities Anne Furedi, believes that
European MPs fail to approve the Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health. With 351 in favour, 319 against and 18
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