by Collectif | 14 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Last week, the Council of Europe adopted a convention against the trafficking of human organs. It will come into force once all Member States have signed, i.e. between the end of 2014 and the start of 2015. “The purpose of this convention is to prevent...
by Collectif | 10 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
An American start-up company, MicroCHIPS, has just developed a subcutaneous contraceptive microchip. The technology was developed in the 1990s by an engineer – Professor Robert Langer. In 2012, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, suggested applying the technology...
by Collectif | 10 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The reprogramming of bone marrow cells to stimulate the hearts of subjects with heart failure could soon benefit many patients. At the start of the year, like the European authorities, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)* gave its consent for a phase III clinical...
by Collectif | 10 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Mayor of Warsaw has just decided to sack the director of a public hospital for refusing to carry out an abortion. The mother requested an abortion because of a foetal deformity. A spokesperson for the mayor commented as follows: “the right to...
by Collectif | 9 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A team from the Tissue Bio-Engineering Laboratory in Bordeaux “has just succeeded in printing skin fragments from different types of human cells cultivated in vitro”, which could lead to the printing of skin directly on to major burns victims. The...