by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Nov, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
Génétiquement incorrect (genetically incorrect) follows the interview granted by Didier Sicard, chairman of the National Consultative Ethics Committee, on last 5 February, to the daily newspaper Le Monde. He denounced the generalisation of prenatal screening (DPN) and...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Nov, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
Two recent books deal with the taboo of interrupted pregnancies and the psychological consequences on woman and her circle. How old would he be today? 1 Doctor Stéphane Clerget, psychiatrist, has just written “Quel âge aurait-il aujourd’hui ? Le...
by Alexis DUPORT | 1 Nov, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
Within this period of the year, you are a number to ask questions about the ethical scope of certain scientific choice of the AFM. This is a short reminder of lasts facts. September 2007: inauguration of the Institute of human embryonic stem cells, I-STEM...
by Alexis DUPORT | 1 Nov, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
After the adoption of the law relative to immigration which authorises the recourse to DNA tests for the candidates wanting to join their family, the mass media dedicated a number of files to the temptation of the genetic “all” and to the financial stakes of these...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Aug, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
British authorisation In May 2007, British government authorised the creation of “man-animal” hybrid embryos (see Gènéthique No 89, May 2007). The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has just accepted that some research laboratories produce these...