by Collectif | 6 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
At the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture in mid-November, Pope Francis delivered a speech in keeping with the topic of this meeting, namely “unravelling anthropological models that underpin new ideologies” in the areas of medicine and genetics and...
by Collectif | 6 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the implementation of an accelerated review process for gene therapies and regenerative medical treatments. The purpose of these new guidelines is to accelerate the marketing of “effective...
by Collectif | 6 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Friday, the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences presented an up-date on guidelines relating to end of life and death. The last version was issued in 2004 in this country where assisted suicide is legal and sharply rising (see Assisted suicide rising sharply in...
by Collectif | 6 Dec, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
On Friday, neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced at a press conference in Vienna that he had succeeded in carrying out a head transplant on two corpses. This was a “preamble to transplanting the head of a living volunteer”, which he plans to carry out in...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In London, a couple is fighting to keep their eight-month-old son alive. Isaiah Hasstrup suffered brain damage at birth, and was placed on an artificial respirator at King’s College Hospital. However, the medical team believes that further treatment would be...