by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Jan, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
From 31st January to 2nd February 2008, the first international congress about human embryonic stem cells took place at the Genopole of Evry. This congress was sponsored by the Genopole of Évry, the national institute for health and medical research (INSERM), the...
by Alexis DUPORT | 6 Jan, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
Reprogramming technique The “reprogramming” technique initially developed by Shinya Yamanaka, and then corroborated by Rudolf Jaenisch and James Thomson (see. Gènéthique No 96) is really interesting. Having said this, it deals with a research which...
by Alexis DUPORT | 6 Jan, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
On the occasion of the broadcasting of the telefilm, on 3rd December 2007 « Marie Humbert, l’amour d’une mère », the polemic renewed with the testimony of Hervé Messager, Vincent Humbert’s physiotherapist. The physiotherapist’s testimony Hervé...
by Alexis DUPORT | 6 Jan, 2008 | Gènéthique informs you
Accompanying until the end How to accompany a close relative until the death when we and he first know, that he suffers an incurable disease? With sensitivity and delicacy, Elise Gagnet tells the story of several ends of life through her daily nursing...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Nov, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
Pluripotent adult stem cells Two research teams – one Japanese, directed by Shinya Yamanaka, from the University of Kyoto, and the other one, American, directed by James Thompson, from the university of Wisconsin-Madison – announced to have succeeded in...
