by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Sep, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
In a report published on 6th May 2009, the Council of State advocates a possible review on the legislation which governs the saviour child procedure or “double PGD”: “The questions raised by the ‘double PGD’ and the fact that it was not so much used...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Sep, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
A new therapeutic perspective maybe opens for the patients with Parkinson’s disease. A gene triple therapy, established by teams of Bachir Jaraya and Stéphane Palfi, neurosurgeons at the Hospital Henri Mondor and CEA/Inserm researchers, allowed to 18 macaques with...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Sep, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
The British newspaper The Independent announced on 5th October 2009 that the 3 research projects involving the creation of hybrid from now on embryos are abandoned. Not renewed licenses In Great Britain, the conception of part human, part animal...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Aug, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
The encyclical Caritas in veritate, in the tradition of the Social Doctrine of the Church, invites us straightaway to gain height by proposing “love in truth” as a key for the integral human development. If this document is in line with the doctrine constituted...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Aug, 2009 | Gènéthique informs you
Embryos: first clinical trial Geron Corporation, the leader company in research on embryonic stem cells, had to test this summer the GRNOPC1, an embryonic stem cell–based product to treat spinal cord lesions, on 8 to 10 patients who recently developed...