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Beginning of life ethics at the dawn of a new era of genome editing: are bioethical precepts and fast-evolving biotechnologies irreconcilable?
Full text linkThe amazing and almost unimaginable advances that have unfolded over the past decades in biotechnologies (heritable germline editing in particular) have brought bioethical issues to the forefront, sparking public debate and increasing attention worldwide. Such mind-blowing progress has already resulted in major improvement and enhancements for humans, and holds the potential for even more. Technology and bioengineering have begun to take over in the life sciences industry. Man's capacity to genetically engineer the biological world is nothing short of mind-boggling in its current magnitude, and may even evolve, in a not too distant future, into attempts to fuse man and machine into a cohesive bioengineered entity; a "super human being", endowed with enhanced cognitive and physical capabilities and impervious to disease, may be not too far down the road. That will not come without caveats, however. In fact, scientific advancements at such an accelerated pace have already negatively affected our cultural, ethical, and legal values and our ability to harness the opportunities and face the dangers posed by such developments. As a matter of fact, science seems to consistently outpace public morals, ethics and policymaking, which calls for a high degree of caution and common answers
Reproductive medicine between advancement and ethics
Full text linkOver the past five decades, sweeping changes have occurred in the realm of childbirth. Thanks to medically assisted procreation, childbirth as an event has come to be characterized by the interweaving of biological as well as social elements. Research has been forging ahead, the first uterus transplant has been carried out and the experimental cloning of apes has taken place in China. All such innovations entail a wide array of ethical and medical issues, involving different parties in the process of generating new life: parents, children and gamete donors
Substance abuse in times of COVID-19 pandemic: A "perfect storm" for substance use disorder and mental health?
No full textOur lives and communities have been besieged by COVID-19 for almost two years, and society and its functioning have been turned upside down and upset, through limitations and restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Severe levels of anxiety, distress and uncertainty have taken a huge toll on our daily lives from the social, professional and emotional perspectives, but it is still rather unclear how serious an impact the emergency has had on a class of particularly vulnerable individuals: Those with substance abuse issues. Particularly, we would like to draw attention to a uniquely troublesome development: Forced isolation resulting from pandemicrelated restrictions and how it has impacted drug users and their efforts to achieve recovery
The best interest of children born through medically assisted procreation procedures as construed in 2021 Italian Constitutional Court rulings 32 and 33
Full text linkThe authors have set out to briefly analyze the 2021 Constitutional Court rulings n.32 and 33, regarding the situation of children born in, or otherwise being raised by, same-sex couples. Such judgments address the problem by taking into account the fundamental principle of the child’s best interests. This article is meant to highlight the issues that may arise if such interests were to be translated into specific law provisions or safeguards for the children’s sake. Moreover, the authors aimed to focus on the valuable elements laid out in the Court rulings, while also highlighting the more critical and controversial elements therein
Contenitori da trasporto e da magazzino nella fascia costiera alto-tirrenica dal tardo-antico al Medioevo.
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM): anesthetic and obstetric monitoring, management and medico-legal aspects
Full text linkPeripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM): anesthetic and obstetric monitoring, management and medico-legal aspect
Porti e dinamiche commerciali dell' Etruria settentrionale costiera (ager Pisanus e Volaterranus) .
No full textDeficit visivi nella qualità della vita degli anziani alle soglie del terzo millennio
No full textPatrocini : Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana - Parlamento Europeo - Comune di Roma
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