by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On 18 October, the American Food and Drug Agency (FDA) authorised the market launch of gene therapy, Yescarta, to treat adults suffering from an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a tumour that attacks the lymphatic system. Almost 3,500...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Belgium, “the law states that sperm donations should be voluntary and anonymous”. However, the “Donor Detectives” Foundation [2] has announced that two Belgians born through “insemination by an anonymous donor” discovered that...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
For Elina Dumont, social worker and ward of the state, interviewed on RMC (Radio Monte Carlo), MAP (medically assisted pregnancy) is “a selfish act” because it denies a child the opportunity to find out “where he/she comes from”. ...
by Collectif | 23 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the Belgian city of Liège, a 73 year-old man is facing criminal proceedings “having fatally poisoned his wife”. According to him, “he was only following his wife’s wishes to undergo euthanasia as she was suffering from diffuse generalised...
by Collectif | 23 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United Kingdom, a couple divorced in 2010 following the birth of their first child by IVF in 2008. A few months later, the woman asked the clinic to implant one of the embryos frozen before the separation [1]. A second child has since been born through this IVF...