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Life and Ideas of LEE Kap-Soo: Focusing on the Ideas and Activities Related to Eugenics [PDF]

open access: yesUisahak, 2019
Lee Kap-Soo (April 23, 1889-December 5, 1973) graduated from Gyeongseong Medical College in 1920, went to Germany to study, and returned to Korea after graduating from Berlin University in 1924.
Young-jeon SHIN, Ilyeong JEONG
doaj   +1 more source

“The Bare Replacement”: Geneticists’ and Bioethicists Support of Eugenics, from after the Second World War to the Human Genome Project [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de História, 2023
Using a combination of archival and secondary sources, this article argues that scientists and bioethicists after the Second World War advocated a wide variety of eugenic practices and strongly supported the development of eugenics, strengthened by ...
Christopher R. Donohue
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Appearance of “Mental Hygiene” in Japan's Theory of Prenatal Care at the Beginning of the 20th Century- The Fusion of Public Hygiene and Eugenics: A Book Review

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
The Motherhood Protection Act (1996), which corresponds to modern family health in Japan, was enacted based on the Eugenics Protection Law (1948) for the protection of national eugenics.
Yi-Jin Park, Sam-Hun Park
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Reproductive injustice, trans rights, and eugenics

open access: yesSexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020
This article explores how the recognition of the gender identity of trans people can have negative consequences on their reproductive health and rights.
Blas Radi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dalla qualità alla quantità. L’eugenica nel pensiero di Roberto Michels - From Qualitative to Quantitative. Robert Michels’ Contributions in the Field of Eugenics

open access: yesRivista di Storia dell'Università di Torino, 2012
Though the connection between eugenics and the Left has been largely investigated, this topic has been insofar quite neglected with regard to the Italian case.
Francesco Cassata
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¿Es posible reclamar un supuesto derecho a ser desgraciados? El “mundo feliz” de la eugenesia

open access: yesGrafía, 2015
In the discussion about the ethical implications of genetic engineering it is usual to distinguish between negative and positive eugenics. Negative eugenics refers to genetic imperfections correction procedures, which aim to avoid or minimize the ...
Jorge Sierra Merchán
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring animal breeding through the lenses of authoritarian and liberal eugenics: why some breeding practices are wrong and what could be new ethical standards?

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science, 2023
Animal breeding is a mainstay of our relationship with domesticated species. However, it is sometimes leading to serious health and welfare issues, such as canine brachycephaly or double-muscling phenotype in Belgian Blue cattle. How then can we re-think
Edwin Louis-Maerten
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Eugenics and Reproductive Technologies in Primo Levi’s Science Fiction: The Importance of the British Interwar Debate

open access: yesEnthymema, 2023
This article examines Levi’s treatment of eugenics in “I sintetici” and “Procacciatori d’affari” from Vizio di forma. The study builds upon Francesco Cassata’s analysis, which established that Levi held complex and conflicting views on the topic.
Eleonora Lima
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The Hippo pathway in endometrial cancer: a potential therapeutic target?

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2023
Endometrial cancer, one of the most prevalent malignant cancers tumors of the female reproductive tract, has been increasing in incidence and mortality rates around the world.
Xinyun Shen   +13 more
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The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence

open access: yesFirst Monday
The stated goal of many organizations in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), an imagined system with more intelligence than anything we have ever seen.
Timnit Gebru, Émile P. Torres
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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