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Após se formar na faculdade, jovem com paralisia cerebral sonha com 1° emprego e quer constituir família

12 de maio de 2019

Juliano Guerreiro Peinado, de 22 anos, driblou as dificuldades para se formar em Rádio, TV e Internet. Jovem namora Samara Andressa Dele Monte há quase dois anos. Depois de ter sido ovacionado ao receber o diploma de bacharel do curso de Rádio, TV e Internet…
Should We Consider Climate Editing to Combat Global Warming?

12 de maio de 2019

There was a time when humans could impact genes only crudely, such as through radiation. Nowadays, thanks to gene-editing technologies, particularly CRISPR-CAS9, we can edit genes accurately. Global warming will unleash frequent disasters like hurricanes and flooding. The largely human source of this mess shows…
Louisiana TRAP Law Challenge Could Leave Thousands of Women without Abortion Access

22 de abril de 2019

UPDATE: Late Thursday, February 7, the Supreme Court granted Plaintiff’s stay application, meaning Louisiana’s TRAP law may not be enforced while the challengers file an appeal. The Supreme Court will then decide whether to hear the case or deny the petition, letting the Fifth Circuit’s…
Euthanasia video reignites end of life debate in Spain

19 de abril de 2019

A video of a man assisting his wife to commit suicide has reignited debate about euthanasia in Spain. Euthanasia is currently illegal in Spain, though several bills to legalise the practice have come before the Cortes Generales (national parliament) in recent years. A video posted…
The power of words in the euthanasia debate

18 de abril de 2019

Words matter a lot in the public debate over the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law, the model for most subsequent American legislation, is called the “Death with Dignity Act”. The text of the law avoids using the words suicide or…
‘Me tornaram alérgica ao esperma do meu marido para que eu pudesse engravidar’

16 de abril de 2019

Aos 33 anos, Kathryn Berrisford já havia sofrido quatro abortos espontâneos quando decidiu recorrer a tratamento polêmico, conhecido como imunoterapia com linfócitos paternos (IPL). Para a britânica Kathryn Berrisford, engravidar não era difícil. No seu caso, o desafio era concluir a gestação. Aos 33 anos,…
Is the use of puberty blockers an experimental treatment?

15 de abril de 2019

The ethics of administering puberty blockers to transgender children is being questioned in the United Kingdom. Dr Michael Biggs, an Oxford sociologist, says that the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) has been prescribing them without robust evidence on the long-term effects. Whether or not commencement…
Another conundrum: euthanasia and anatomy programs

14 de abril de 2019

The legalization of euthanasia – called medical assistance in dying (MAID) — in Canada has resulted in some people choosing to donate their bodies to anatomy programs, but it has raised profound ethical issues. Bruce Wainman, of McMaster University, said the anatomical scientist community needs…

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