https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2013.80

Aspetti medici. Tecniche in uso per il trattamento della sterilità umana

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Luis Chiva
lchiva@mdanderson.es
Head of Department of Gynaecology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain.
delle diverse tecniche di riproduzione assistita nel campo della infertilità umana. In tutti questi anni, sono emerse molte domande riguardo i limiti etici di questi trattamenti, ed i diritti dei pazienti e dei medici di forzare i confini dell'inizio della vita umana , mettendo a rischio la vita di milioni di embrioni umani. In questo ambito ci sono tre principi chiave per poter considerare le terapie mediche per le coppie sterili come un aiuto e non come una sostituzione dell'atto coniugale: in primo luogo, far sì che i rapporti sessuali avvengono come parte del trattamento; in secondo luogo, ottenere sistematicamente gameti della stessa coppia e non da donatori; e, infine, avere cura degli embrioni umani con lo stesso rispetto che merita un essere umano adulto. In base a questi principi, si possono individuare alcune tecniche di procreazione che non effettuano alcuna manipolazione dell'embrione: la stimolazione ovarica e il rapporto sessuale programmato, il trasferimento dei gameti e la coltura intravaginale di gameti.
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During the last three decades, we have witnessed the overwhelming growth of different assisted reproductive techniques within the field of human infertility. In all these years, many questions have emerged regarding the ethical limits of these treatments, and the rights of patients and doctors to push the boundaries of the commencement of human life, putting the life of millions of human embryos at risk. In this area there are three key principles to consider the medical therapy for infertile couples as an assistance and not as a substitution of the conjugal act: first, to encourage that sexual relations take place as part of the treatment; second, to systematically obtain the gametes from the couple themselves and not from donors, and finally, to take care of human embryos with the same respect as a human adult deserves. In accordance to these principles, there are some reproductive techniques without embryo manipulation: ovarian stimulation and programmed intercourse, gamete transfer and intravaginal culture of gametes (INVO).

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Chiva, L. (2013). Aspetti medici. Tecniche in uso per il trattamento della sterilità umana. Medicina E Morale, 62(5). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2013.80

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