by Collectif | 3 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Thursday, 30 April, for the first time in South Africa, the legal system authorised a doctor to “assist a patient to die”. Robin Stransham-Ford, aged 65, was suffering from terminal stage prostate cancer diagnosed in 2013. The High Court of Pretoria...
by Collectif | 3 May, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Scientists interviewed 7,000 people from 75 different countries in order to establish how keen they would be to discover their genetic predispositions. Interviewees included health care professionals, researchers in genomics and the general public. The...
by Collectif | 29 Apr, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives, Genome
Director of the NIH[1] (National Institute of Health), Francis Collins, has reaffirmed the Institute’s consistent position against the public financing of research involving the handling of human embryos. In a public declaration on 29 April, Francis Collins...
by Collectif | 28 Apr, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Friday, 24 April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe received a petition on “the rights of new-born infants who survive abortion”, and decided to send it to Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. This petition was launched in November...
by Collectif | 28 Apr, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A team of American scientists led by Doctor Edward Morrisey (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) has highlighted the possibility of regenerating cardiac muscle cells post-infarction in mice. Current attempts to repair the heart involve surgery or a...