by Collectif | 8 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
An American Foundation, the Lasker Foundation “the prizes of which are viewed as ‘American Nobel Prizes'” honoured several scientists on Monday including American geneticist, Mary-Claire King, Professor of Genetics at Washington University School of...
by Collectif | 8 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
In March, in Switzerland, the examination of a draft law triggered a debate on genetic testing within the scope of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). The main purpose of this bill was to authorise pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) (Gènéthique press reviews on March...
by Collectif | 8 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The world seminar on the prevention of Fœtal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) was held on 9 September. On this occasion, Jean-Marc Buziau, paediatrician and head of a premature medical-social action centre (PMSAC) in Caudry (northern France), was interviewed by the...
by Collectif | 8 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
According to a study published in the Cancer journal, one of the publications of the American Cancer Society, and carried out in Germany, “many patients hospitalised in oncology centres are not dying with dignity”. In order to carry out this...
by Collectif | 7 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
At 5 months, a baby named Gabriel “has started to develop worrying symptoms such as spasms and fainting”. No treatment was administered to this child – a victim of significant bouts of epilepsy. So a team of doctors at Boston’s Children’s Hospital...