by Collectif | 9 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Françoise Baylis, Canadian Chair of Bioethical and Philosophical Research at Dalhousie University is reviewing “the 14-day limit on human embryo research conducted in vitro”. This limit is contested since the recent announcement by an international team who kept human...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
An American biotechnology company, Bioquark, “has just been granted permission to carry out a clinical trial aimed at documenting the possibility of bringing clinically dead patients back to life”. The study, which was registered in the official American clinical...
by Collectif | 8 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Last week, an Australian Senate Committee submitted its conclusions on surrogacy. It supports “altruistic maternal substitution”, arguing that this may be a solution nowadays for sterile couples. It is nevertheless calling for harmonisation of the legislation in the...
by Collectif | 5 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate voted on legislation to extend the current abortion reflection period from 24 to 72 hours. Those in favour see this as giving women more time to make a decision whilst those against view it as a further obstacle for women who...
by Collectif | 5 May, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
An international team of scientists “reported the successful in-vitro cultivation of human embryos for 13 days before halting the experiment to comply with scientific recommendations relating to embryo research which are currently in force in several countries”. The...