by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
“Ears designed from pieces of apple?” – this is precisely what has been attempted by Canadian researchers led by biohacker, Andrew Pelling. They have “grown” ears in fruit cellulose. Their study, which has been published in the PlosOne...
by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
The transhumanist project “turns the idea of mankind originating from the Enlighteners upside down”, explains Nicolas Le Dévédec, Doctor of Sociology and Political Science. If the culture of the Enlighteners wanted “to improve society and our social...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
A team of French scientists has carried out studies in mice to understand how the sperm fuses with the egg at the moment of fertilisation. Christine Gourier, who led the investigation, explained: “Two to three minutes elapse between contact and fusion, but very...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A difficult question because, as pointed out by Professor Daniel Alam, the micro-vascular surgeon in charge of the first face transplant performed in the United States, at the Cleveland Clinic (Ohio), “the central part of the face is also the key to our physical...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Isabelle Dinoire, the first face transplant patient, died on 22 April 2016. The announcement of her death was delayed based on an agreement with her family. She underwent a partial nose, mouth and chin transplant on 27 November 2005 at the CHU Amiens...