by Collectif | 18 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Council on the Status of Women (CSW) presented the government with a report, which was published on Thursday, in which it relaxed the position it has long since defended vis-à-vis surrogate mothers. Highly opposed to surrogacy up to this point in time, the...
by Collectif | 18 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Interviewed yesterday as he flew back from Mexico on how to combat the Zika epidemic, Pope Francis declared that “abortion is not a minor evil, it is a crime”, whereas “avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil”. He added that “Don’t confuse the evil of avoiding...
by Collectif | 17 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Following the recent news announced by the Wake Forest Institute further to its success in the production by 3D printing of human ear cartilage, viable after transplant, Hervé Seitz[1] focuses on research advances in this field. As evidenced with the...
by Collectif | 15 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Thanks to the CRISPR-Cas9 method, the testing of stem cells and genome printing can be used to introduce promising gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This neuromuscular disease affects 1 boy out of 3,500 births, i.e. one birth every 3 days in...
by Collectif | 15 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Since 20 November 2015, Quebec has withdrawn in-vitro fertilisation free of charge as part of the medically assisted procreation (MAP) programme. In 2014, the MAP programme implemented by Quebec proved to be far more expensive than anticipated, “costing the Health...