Análisis prospectivo sobre la investigación biomédica desde un enfoque bioético

The latest advances in biomedicine — such as the human germ line editing or computerised health information — have implications that need to be analysed in the light of human rights and bioethical principles, in order to protect study subjects and to ensure that the population benefits from carrying out research protocols. In this respect, a multidisciplinary approach to bioethics not only contributes to establishing criteria and guidelines to help researchers in situations of uncertainty, but also to improving the environment and the conditions under which scientific practice is carried out. Under this concept, the following article offers a brief analysis of the main problems facing the development of biomedical research at national and international level, not only as regards the technical and scientific aspects of this activity, but also at a societal and legal.