by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A campaign for organ donation was launched in Switzerland on Tuesday. This is based on a new strategy: the donor card, which was introduced in 2014, will be issued in duplicate from now on. The second card will be used to inform the donor’s relatives. This new...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Born through MAP, “she had to find her donor at any price. Her life depended on it”. Today, Sarah is 25 years old. In 2013, after a bitter 4-year struggle, the German legal system finally granted her the right to find out the identity of her donor. This...
by Collectif | 21 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
57 year-old Chris King lost both his hands three years ago in a work accident involving a metal press. At the UK’s Centre for Hand Transplants, Professor Simon Kay, Plastic Surgery Consultant at the Leeds General Infirmary, undertook an unprecedented procedure:...
by Collectif | 21 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
China is launching an initial human clinical trial using CRISPR in the treatment of lung cancer. The trial should start in August following approval by the hospital ethics board on 6 July. The protocol has been prepared over the last 18 months, under the direction of...
by Collectif | 21 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 19 July, the Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies decided to remove a clause in the new Criminal Code which would have decriminalised abortion in cases where the mother’s life was at risk or in the event of deformity, incest or rape. This clause was rejected with...