Assisted suicide, the mother of “Mario”: “Proud of him, it was a very strong pain, both for him and for me”
June 18, 2022 – Federico Carboni’s mother, Rosa Maria, told in a video, entrusted to the Luca Coscioni Association, the 13 years she lived next to her son after the accident, including the reaction to Federico’s decision to put an end to his suffering through the use of assisted suicide. These are her words: «I […]
Colombia allows assisted suicide for the sick
The Constitutional Court of Colombia has authorized drug-assisted suicide for patients, under the supervision of a doctor, a first in Latin America, according to a judgment transmitted Thursday, May 13. “The doctor who helps a person in the throes of intense suffering or serious illness and who freely decides to dispose of his own life […]
They create a chip to improve assisted reproduction
A team from Florida Atlantic University has developed a microfluidic chip that makes it possible to easily, quickly and cheaply select healthy sperm from a semen sample. Assisted reproductive technologies require healthy sperm for a successful outcome. The invention takes advantage of rheotaxis, as the natural countercurrent movement of sperm through the female genital tract […]