by Collectif | 8 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A team of Strasbourg scientists have developed a prototype for a bio-artificial pancreas after 20 years of research. Clinical trials will begin at the end of 2015 or early 2016 in Montpellier and Oxford (United Kingdom) for results expected in 2017. This project is...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Last week, a conference on the draft bill focusing on the “protection of the life of the unborn child and the rights of pregnant women” was held in the Spanish Parliament in the presence of 150 representatives of 16 European and South American*...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A study conducted by the Urology Department at the Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, United States), published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (the public centre for information on molecular biology), is another example of how...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
The Cork Fertility Centre has just confirmed the birth on 27 June 2014 of the first Irish baby born according to the pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) technique at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). This technique stems from the creation of...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A study conducted by a so-called “therapeutic” cloning sponsor (Gènéthique press review of May 5th, 2014), published in Nature, compares human pluripotent stem cells and concludes that stem cells created by cloning are superior to the widely...