by Collectif | 7 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In a world first, a team of scientists at the Universities of Okayama and Kyorin have succeeded in recreating a nephron (the structural and functional unit of a kidney) in vitro, triggering urine formation using iPS technology. The cells were initially...
by Collectif | 4 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The Kobe Institute (Japan) is presenting the preliminary results of the one and only clinical trial in the world to use IPS cells. Ophthalmologist, Masayo Takahashi, explains that these are skin cells taken from patients suffering from age-related macular...
by Collectif | 3 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
“I believe that the development of autonomous human intelligence could mean the end of humanity” declared famous astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking in an interview with the BBC. His announcement echoes the recent comments of Elon Musk (See...
by Collectif | 3 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In response to concerns voiced by various international bodies on the subject of Human Rights, an official announcement was made this Thursday to the effect that China will be terminating organ collection from condemned prisoners. China is one of the countries...
by Collectif | 3 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
“Contrary to perception, death is not a specific moment, but a potentially reversible process”. This is how Doctor Sam Parnia of New York State University concluded a study (AWARE) aimed at the scientific analysis of conscious states and so-called “near death...