Publications by authors named "Marco Araneda"

Article Synopsis
  • SMA type 1 is a serious neurodegenerative disease with limited treatment options, but three innovative therapies can help extend life expectancy.
  • The study aimed to explore parents’ experiences in deciding on these therapies and the psychological impact of their decisions.
  • Results showed that non-hesitant parents experienced higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress compared to hesitant parents, and many parents lacked a full understanding of the treatment options and the disease when making their decisions.
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Fundamental research on ageing has taken an interesting turn in recent years with the rapid development of biomarkers predicting mortality in model organisms, particularly Drosophila, as well as in humans through improvements in approaches to the identification of circulating molecules in mass. These developments lead to a shift in our ability to predict the occurrence of death from the historically population level to the individual level. We question here the ethical, medical and social implications of this change of scale.

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Background: The discovery of biomarkers of ageing has led to the development of predictors of impending natural death and has paved the way for personalised estimation of the risk of death in the general population. This study intends to identify the ethical resources available to approach the idea of a long-lasting dying process and consider the perspective of death prediction. The reflection on human mortality is necessary but not sufficient to face this issue.

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