by Collectif | 26 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
American scientists have planned to meet in the autumn to set ethical guidelines regarding the use of CRISPR/Cas9 genetic printing techniques. This summit is organised by two major American charities: the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of...
by Collectif | 25 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The Californian Company, Asterias Biotherapeutics, has been authorised by the FDA[1]to carry out a clinical trial using human Embryo Stem Cells (hESC). This is a phase I clinical trial[2]. Scientists want to transplant neuronal precursors obtained from hESCs to 13...
by Collectif | 21 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Yesterday, the Swiss Federal Court overturned a ruling that allowed two men in a civil partnership to be the fathers of a child born to a Californian surrogate mother in 2011. In Switzerland, surrogate mothers are prohibited by the Constitution and the law...
by Collectif | 21 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The International Conference on Women and the Post 2015 Development Agenda – the Challenges of Sustainable Development Goals organised by the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace in conjunction with the WWALF[1] and WUCWO[2], got underway today in Rome. ...
by Collectif | 19 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The European citizens’ initiative, “Stop vivisection”, which calls for “a ban on using animals as biological models of humans for scientific purposes”, collected 1.2 million signatures. The petition “calls for the use of more reliable and very often more economical...