Concluding Communiqué on the

Abstract

"The Ninth General Assemby of the Pontifical Academy for Life took place at the Vatican from 24-26 February. This year it was dedicated to a crucial theme that has a strong social impact, "Ethics of Biomedical Research. For a Christian Vision". It is evident that, especially in the recent decades, biomedicine has developed in an extraordinary way, helped by the enormous progress in technology and computer science that have vastly extended the possibilities for experimentation on living beings and, especially on the human being. There have been tremendous breakthroughs, for example, in the fields of genetics, molecular biology, as well as in transplants and the neurological sciences."