by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Doris Spence, wife of Johnnie Frank Spence, “is claiming damages of $100,000 on his behalf and on behalf of seven members of Johnnie Spence’s family” against the Winnipeg Health Authorities (Manitoba – Canada). Her husband died at the age of 65...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In an attempt to “bypass regulatory limits” regarding research into human embryos, teams of scientists are endeavouring to create embryo structures from stem cells. Following a similar protocol to that used to obtain organoid, cultivated stem cells gather...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In Iran, the only country in the world to take this approach, a law has been passed to legalise the sale of kidneys. Since 1993, “30,000 kidney transplants” have been carried out by Iranian doctors. This is a “golden opportunity” for a country...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The American company, Editas[1], which “specialises in the development of genome editing therapy” must “demonstrate that its molecular scissors [CRISPR Cas9] are adequately developed in order to launch clinical trials in humans[2]”. At the end...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
Published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, a study led by Professor Mehdi Mejdoubi presents the follow-up results recorded in 103 new-born infants born “to women infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy and in whom antenatal ultrasound...