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Mitochondrial donation poses the latest regulatory challenge for policy-makers in the context of assisted conception. Since 2010 the Human Genetics Commission, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics have all considered the policy implications of permitting use of these techniques in treatment. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics reported its recomme...

This work presents a theoretical framework in which health promotion and health education program implementation can be conceived as an open dynamic system. By tracing the evolution of an elementary school-based nutrition program from its conception to its recent form, we construct a program genealogy. Data were derived from two interviews and three historical documents from which historical ev...

This paper presents a study of the predictive value of family relationships from genealogies, and its impact on the delayed ageing. The study comprised adult population over 18 years of age of two urban family practices (N = 1700). The study sample included all patients (total = 581; 57.3% female, 42.7% male) having sought medical assistance of any kind in the period of three consecutive months...