by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A study carried out by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that Dutch committees responsible for evaluating euthanasia cases (RTE) tend to focus essentially on complying with the procedure “without checking whether the patient is actually...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Forty-two psychiatrists, psychologists and academics published an open letter last week, calling for a “national debate on euthanasia and mental disease” in Belgium. They state that “Euthanasia as a solution to pointless, intolerable psychological...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The FDA[1] has just lifted the suspension on clinical trials carried out by the French biotech company, Cellectis, two months after halting proceedings following the death of a patient (see Cellectis forced to suspend gene therapy trials). These...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
At the end of October, a humanoid robot was given Saudi nationality (see Humanoid robot awarded Saudi nationality). This week, an android with the features of a small boy became an official resident of Tokyo. For Laetitia Pouliquen, founder of Woman...
by Collectif | 20 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Several American laboratories have apparently inserted human brain organoids into the brains of rats and mice, connecting the two structures via blood vessels. Some of these organoids will develop and scientists believe that human brain tissue could actually work in...