by Collectif | 27 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Given the extent of procreative tourism which is driving more and more Australian couples abroad to “choose the gender of their child conceived by in-vitro fertilisation”, the Ethics Committee is contemplating authorising this option in Australia. It is already...
by Collectif | 27 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Italy is launching an “Egg Sharing” campaign “to convince Italian women to donate a few oocytes for infertile couples”. The women targeted in particular by this campaign are “those on the homologous fertilisationlist [1]”. These women who have “already been...
by Collectif | 27 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Further to the announcement at the end of July by Doctor Daniela Simon, a Guardianship Judge at the Court of Reims this week received a request to make Vincent Lambert a ward of court. The Public Prosecutor in Reims confirmed: “Doctor Simon has told me she...
by Collectif | 26 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The Chinese Government wishes to regulate private clinics proposing stem cell treatments[1], the efficacy of which has not been proven. To this end, on 21 August 2015, it announced research legislation governing stem cell research. Some scientists are delighted at the...
by Collectif | 25 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On 24 August, the Nature Genetics Journal published a study revealing the carcinogenic role of the type 2 adenovirus (AAV2), considered up until this point as non-pathogenic and frequently used as a carrier in numerous gene therapy studies. The publication...