by Collectif | 18 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Following on from the development of prostheses capable of experiencing humidity, heat and pressure as well as discerning the consistency and shape of objects and handling them, a team of scientists has developed “experimental artificial skin with a sense of touch”....
by Collectif | 14 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Tetsuya Ishii, bioethicist at Sapporo Hokkaido University in Japan has spent a year analysing the legislation of thirty-nine countries regarding genome modifications. He presents the conclusions of his investigation. Twenty-nine of these thirty-nine countries...
by Collectif | 14 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Four draft assisted suicide bills will be examined in the German Parliament in November. Currently, “assisted suicide is tolerated” and the law “allows professionals to give patients lethal medicines if the patients so wish”. The four draft bills which have already...
by Collectif | 13 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
On 13 October, the Roche and Ariosa Diagnostics Laboratories, leaders in the NIPS market [1](Harmony Prenatal Test®), announced that they had obtained a licence from the Sonic Healthcar Company to carry out the Harmony® prenatal test in Australian and English...
by Collectif | 13 Oct, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Tuesday, the American Family Planning Association announced that it “was changing its policy concerning the donation of foetuses to the scientific community”. It “will no longer accept financial compensation from middle-men who collect the tissues for...