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Research Highlights
The History and Present of Prenatal Testing – Disentangling Eugenic Thought
Close to ten years have passed since I published Fertilized Egg Testing and Prenatal Testing – The Modern History of the Conflict over Their Introduction (Seikatsu Shoin, 2012). In that time we have seen the introduction and spread of NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing, referred to in the media as “new prenatal testing”)1 and steady growth in the use of preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) o...
2026-04-07, Toshimitsu Keiko (Visiting Researcher, Institute of Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University)
News & Events
- EventsInternational Workshop: Interpersonal Relationships Experienced by Persons with Locked-in Syndrome(Published: 2024-10-01)
- EventsInternational Symposium
Participation (Un)plugged: Exploring Dignity and Disability through Human-Robot Interaction(Published: 2024-05-14) - NewsCall for Papers for Ars Vivendi Journal, No. 17(Published: 2024-05-07)
- NewsCall for Papers for Ars Vivendi Journal, No. 16(Published: 2023-09-05)
- NewsArs Vivendi Journal No. 15(Published: 2023-03-03)
- NewsInternational Symposium on Psychiatry as Trans-science(Published: 2023-01-26)
- NewsCall for Papers for Ars Vivendi Journal, No. 15(Published: 2022-05-11)
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