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List of works by Heidi Mertes

A moratorium on breeding better babies

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

An ethical analysis of alternative methods to obtain pluripotent stem cells without destroying embryos

scientific article published on 2 September 2006

Balancing Ethical Pros and Cons of Stem Cell Derived Gametes.

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Balancing animal welfare and assisted reproduction: ethics of preclinical animal research for testing new reproductive technologies.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Corporate giants provide fertility benefits: have they got it wrong?

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Criteria for reporting incidental findings in clinical exome sequencing - a focus group study on professional practices and perspectives in Belgian genetic centres

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Cross-border research on human embryonic stem cells: legal and ethical considerations

scientific article published on 04 December 2008

Does company-sponsored egg freezing promote or confine women's reproductive autonomy?

scientific article

Does human genome editing reinforce or violate human dignity?

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Elective oocyte cryopreservation: who should pay?

scientific article published on November 13, 2011

Embryonic stem cell-derived gametes and genetic parenthood: a problematic relationship

scientific article published in January 2008

Ethical Concerns Eliminated: Safer Stimulation Protocols and Egg Banking

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Ethical aspects of the use of stem cell derived gametes for reproduction

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Ethical issues in infertility treatment

scientific article published on May 16, 2012

Ethical quandaries around expanded carrier screening in third-party reproduction.

scientific article published in February 2018

Ethical values supporting the disclosure of incidental and secondary findings in clinical genomic testing: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Expanded Preconception Carrier Screening in Clinical Practice: Review of Technology, Guidelines, Implementation Challenges, and Ethical Quandaries

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Gamete derivation from stem cells: revisiting the concept of genetic parenthood.

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Getting what you desire: the normative significance of genetic relatedness in parent-child relationships

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

HUMAN IN-VITRO SPERMATOGENESIS FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS: IN NEED OF A STEPWISE DIFFERENTIATION PROTOCOL?

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Human embryo research in Belgium: an overview.

scientific article published on June 2017

Implications of oocyte cryostorage for the practice of oocyte donation.

scientific article published on 15 July 2012

In Vitro Gametogenesis and the Creation of 'Designer Babies'

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

In vitro gametogenesis and reproductive cloning: Can we allow one while banning the other?

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Incidental or secondary findings: an integrative and patient-inclusive approach to the current debate

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

Let's not forget that many prepubertal girls do have other options besides ovarian tissue cryopreservation

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Modification of the Embryo's Genome: More Useful in Research Than in the Clinic

scientific article

Of mice and human embryos: is there an ethically preferred order of preclinical research on new assisted reproductive technologies?

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Oocyte donation for stem cell research.

scientific article published on November 2006

Recent developments in genetics and medically-assisted reproduction: from research to clinical applications†‡

scientific article published on 04 December 2017

Stem cell research policies: who's afraid of complicity?

scientific article

Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation: Combining Access With Safeguards

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

The diversity of genetic perfection

scientific article published in January 2015

The ethics of ectogenesis-aided foetal treatment

scientific article published on 09 February 2020

The force of dissimilar analogies in bioethics

scientific article published in April 2011

The portrayal of healthy women requesting oocyte cryo-preservation

scientific article published on January 2013

The role of anticipated decision regret and the patient's best interest in sterilisation and medically assisted reproduction

scientific article

The role of the reprogramming method and pluripotency state in gamete differentiation from patient-specific human pluripotent stem cells

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

UTx With Deceased Donors Also Places Risks and Burdens on Third Parties

journal article; published in The American Journal of Bioethics in 2018

Using stem cell-derived gametes for same-sex reproduction: an alternative scenario

scientific article published on 25 January 2017