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ReviewNPJ microgravity2025

A biological and ethical assessment of whether humans could or should reproduce in space.

Victor M Cole, Julian Savulescu, Sebastian E Illanes, Federico Batiz, Paula-Beth Angelica Tiqui Benny, Zhongwei Huang, Sean W D Carter, Mahesh A Choolani, Matthew W Kemp

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Review in NPJ microgravity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Victor M ColeCentre for Professional Communication, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, 828608, Singapore.
Julian SavulescuCentre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117597, Singapore.
Sebastian E IllanesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
Federico BatizDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
Paula-Beth Angelica Tiqui BennyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119228, Singapore, Singapore.
Zhongwei HuangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119228, Singapore, Singapore.
Sean W D CarterDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119228, Singapore, Singapore.
Mahesh A ChoolaniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119228, Singapore, Singapore.
Matthew W KempDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119228, Singapore, Singapore. kemma@nus.edu.sg.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contemporary plans to establish human habitation on the Earth's Moon have increased interest in the ability of humans to establish extraterrestrial pregnancies. There is a lack of data to identify if humans could safely reproduce away from the Earth, and even less guidance with regard to whether we should attempt to do so. This work was developed to stimulate investigation into the likely biological and ethical challenges facing the establishment and maintenance of a healthy human extraterrestrial pregnancy.

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PMID41249206
PMCPMC12623868

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