by Collectif | 12 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the light of recent studies, Bioethics scientists at Montreal University voiced their concerns about “potential epigenetic risks associated with [1] medically assisted procreation” in a special edition of the Journal of Developmental Origins of...
by Collectif | 12 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Scientists led by two Harvard University geneticists, George Church and Luhan Yang[1], have genetically modified porcine embryos in order to make their organs compatible for human transplantation in the future. Their study, published in the...
by Collectif | 12 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 21 August 2017, Chile’s Constitutional Court validated the law decriminalising abortion in the case of rape, when the mother’s life is in danger and in the event of a non-viable foetus. It rejected by six votes to four, the two appeals lodged by the...
by Collectif | 11 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On 4 August, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) instructed “fertility doctor”, John Zhang, to stop marketing three-parent IVF [1] [2]. He was involved in the birth of a Jordanian child through three-parent IVF last year...
by Collectif | 11 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Scientists at Kyoto University should start the first clinical trial in the autumn, testing out a medicinal product identified using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat a rare bone disorder. The team, led by Junya Toguchida, used iPS cells to model...