Clinical Ethics at the Crossroads of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies

Sorin Hostiuc, MD, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Legal Medicine and Bioethics at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, and Senior Physician at the National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Hostiuc has written extensively on topics such as informed consent, research ethics, history of medical ethics, and reproductive ethics, with more than 200 published articles in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, PLOS ONE, Journal of Translational Medicine, and Frontiers in Neuroscience, among other journals. He has also published four monographs in Romanian dealing with bioethical issues: A Treaty of Medical and Dental Bioethics, Ethics of Scientific Research, Ethics of Scientific Publishing, and Informed Consent as well as a book about the history of informed consent in Europe. Dr. Hostiuc received his PhD in medicine and MD from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

1. Genomic Editing—From Human Health to the “Perfect Child”

2. Ethics of Mitochondrial Gene Replacement Therapy

3. Reproductive Technologies Used by Same Gender Couples

4. Ethical Issues Raised by Multiparents

5. Revisiting the Nondirective Principle of Genetic Counseling in Prenatal Screening

6. Sex Selection, Gender Selection, and Sexism

7. The Impact of Big Data on Beginning of Life Issues

8. The Moral Status of the Embryo From the Standpoint of Social Perceptions

9. Fetal Reduction

10. Stem Cell Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders. An Ethical Analysis

11. Predictive Genetic Testing in Multifactorial Disorders

12. Whole-Genome Sequencing as a Method of Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis

13. Noninvasive Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis

14. Prenatal Testing in Low-Risk Populations: A US Perspective

15. Using Genetics for Enhancement (Liberal Eugenics)

16. Should Incidental Findings Arising From Prenatal Testing be Reported Indiscriminately to Patients?

17. Third Party Sharing of Genetic Information