by Collectif | 5 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In September 2014, a Swedish woman who was born without a uterus gave birth to a child after having undergone a uterus transplant one year earlier. Carried out by the team led by Professor Mats Brannstrom, specialising in obstetric gynaecology at the University of...
by Collectif | 2 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Ohio, a lesbian couple have decided to lodge a complaint against a sperm bank after having a black baby following insemination. At 4 months pregnant, Jennifer Cramblett was informed by the Midwest Sperm Bank (Ohio) with which she was dealing that a...
by Collectif | 1 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 23 September, the Spanish Government announced its withdrawal of the draft bill aimed at limiting recourse to abortion (Gènéthique press review on September 23rd, 2014). This withdrawal led those in favour of the bill to accuse the Government of...
by Collectif | 1 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The American company, 23andMe, which sells genetic tests to private individuals on the Internet, has relocated to Canada. The saliva tests to be returned to the company by consumers in order to obtain information on their family tree and predisposition to...
by Collectif | 1 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
This week, the American National Institute for Health (NIH) released the first funds (46 billion dollars) for “The Brain Initiative”, the project launched by President Obama in April 2013 and dedicated to research on the human brain. According to an...