by Collectif | 27 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
Indian laboratory MedGenome has chosen the Natera Constellation, Inc. (NTRA) platform to launch its non-invasive prenatal diagnostic tests (NIPS) called “Panorma”.“We are delighted that MedGenome has chosen the Natera Constellation platform to market NIPS […], which...
by Collectif | 22 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Tuesday, the Quebec Court of Appeal made its decision to validate the contested articles in Quebec’s “medically assisted dying” law, which came into force on 10 December 2015(cf. Gènéthique du 10 décembre 2015). Superior Court Judge, Michel Pinsonnault...
by Collectif | 22 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The third patient to receive an artificial Carmat heart implant on 8 April 2015 died on 18 December. According to the press release issued by the Carmat Company, “this was a case of sudden death due to respiratory arrest during chronic renal failure” and the...
by Collectif | 16 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Euthanasia is currently illegal in Canada but the question is fuelling debate since the law authorising assisted suicide came into force in Quebec on 10 December. Prior to the adoption of this law, the “Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights’ Commission recommended...
by Collectif | 15 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Jean-Paul Van de Walle, who has been called to the Brussels Bar, has revisited the need to ban surrogacy in Belgium when the Belgian Senate has just unanimously accepted a report on this subject, drafted by the Commission des affaires institutionnelles (Institutional...