by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In China, a team of scientists carried out “chemical surgery” on human embryos to “correct an error” in their genetic code. They used “basic editing” for this, i.e. the corrected DNA[1]. The human embryos used were carrying...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Giving in to “pressure from pro-abortion campaigners”, the Irish Government has announced “plans to carry out a referendum on abortion” in the spring of 2018 (see Ireland: heading towards a referendum to extend access to abortion by the end of...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In Chile, an initial clinical trial to test treatment with umbilical cord stem cells in thirty patients with heart failure has proved “encouraging”. The publication in the American Heart Association journal refers to “notable improvements in cardiac...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In Ontario (Canada), a recent study published in the CMAJ[1] showed that the new policy to harvest organs from non-heart-beating donors has contributed to the 57% increase in organ donation since 2006. Previously, organs were harvested following brain death...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Repeated comments from neurosurgeon, Sergio Canavero, about head transplants are raising a certain number of questions and creating a “legal headache”. This “mad project”, which first came to light in 2013, will probably be...