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Dieter Egli, a biologist at Columbia University in New York, is conducting experiments with CRISPR on human embryos to "one day" prevent...
Following in the footsteps of Wales in 2015, Scotland and the United Kingdom are in the process of changing their organ donation schemes to...
On 2 February, Pope Francis told the world that there is an "absolute duty to defend life". On the eve of the 43rd annual Day for Life, he...
Danielle Teuscher, a 30-year-old single American mother, underwent a genetic test for herself and her daughter Zoe, conceived five years...
IVF increases the risk of serious complications on delivery such as sepsis, bleeding or ICU admission by 40%. A Canadian study has just...
On 4 February 2019 in Atlanta, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against an Atlanta sperm bank accused of having "...
Whilst the question of euthanasia is regularly raised with French legislators, an initial evaluation of the legalisation concerning...
On Tuesday, during his State of the Union address, US President Donald Trump raised the issue of abortion. He called for a restriction on...
Between 1999 and 2016, the number of overdose-induced deaths more than tripled in the United States. This impacted on organ transplants...
On Friday, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, threatened Poland that the potential adoption of its draft bill against eugenic abortion would violate the country's human rights' commitments[1]. This is not the first time that Mr. Muiznieks has advocated abortion. However, on closer examination, his threat seems exaggerated for the most...
On Wednesday, Le Monde published an article in which 156 MPs call on the government to legislate on...
CRISPR tools have caused gene drive technology to resurface: it consists in stimulating the transmission...
