Ready for polygenic risk scores? An analysis of regulation of preimplantation genetic testing in European countries.

Study Question: Would the different regulatory approaches for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) in Europe permit the implementation of preimplantation genetic testing using polygenic risk scores (PGT-P)?

Summary Answer: While the regulatory approaches for PGT differ between countries, the space provided for potential implementation of PGT-P seems limited in all three regulatory models.

What Is Known Already: PGT is a reproductive genetic technology that allows the testing for hereditary genetic disorders and chromosome abnormalities in embryos before implantation. Throughout its history, PGT has largely been regarded as an ethically sensitive technology.

The regulation of biobanks in Spain.

On 3 July 2007 the Spanish parliament approved the Biomedical Research Act. This article discusses the provisions of the Biomedical Research Act that are directly relevant for the regulatory framework of biobanks in Spain. This means that we are not only interested in the procedural and administrative dispositions governing biobanks.

Recent developments in health law in Belgium.

After the turbulent years 2002, 2003 and 2004 the Belgian health law seems to have reached calmer water. Indeed, after a quiet 2005, 2006 does not seem to have much to offer either. However, as will be shown in this article, this may be a wrong impression.

In vitro fertilisation: the ethics of illicitness? A personalist Catholic approach.

In line with Professor Brosens' work at the K.U. Leuven, the ethical integration of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) was made possible in the context of personalism, what we will present here in its anthropological and theological foundations.