Dying alone is an unprecedented ethical feature of this pandemic

Dying alone is an unprecedented ethical feature of this pandemic

In addition to our monthly newsletter “Bioethics News” includes special reports you will also receive “Bioethics at a Glance”, containing very relevant news with bioethical implications.

Nº. 12

APRIL 15, 2020

Dying alone. Unprecedented bioethical and moral implications Some doctors working on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic have published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine sharing their experiences… Read more.

Deficiencies in scientific evidence for the treatment of gender dysphoria Gender dysphoria current treatment based on hormone agonists to suppress puberty...Read more.

Russia's academic literature is riddled with fraudulent papers Our Observatory has been reporting different biomedical scientific frauds in research papers. It is a matter that concerns the scientific community and worldwide bioethicists…Read more.

The heart of the human fetus could starts beating earlier An experimental study in mice has found that the heart is formed in the fetus earlier than previously. Now the British Heart Foundation… Read more.

The "London patient". A second spontaneously cured HIV-positive patient is found The existence of a second patient who was spontaneously cured of HIV infection has been confirmed, according to an article published in The Lancet HIV… Read more.

"In vivo" brain tissue donation Until now, brain tissue donation for scientific studies was done after the death of the patient. Now, some patients are donating parts of their brain obtained when they undergo neurosurgery… Read more.