by Collectif | 28 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the United Kingdom, the National Institute for Health and Care has just published “an end of life guide”. The concept of “palliative care” was created in this country (where euthanasia is prohibited) “following the work of pioneer,...
by Collectif | 28 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Abortion was decriminalised in the United Kingdom on 13 March. This heralds a “symbolic” change that “will not affect the number and frequency of abortions” authorised since 1967 in the UK. Performed “under strict medical control”up...
by Collectif | 28 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The eGenesis start-up project has collected €38 million to finance porcine DNA modification trials. The aim is to create organ reservoirs for human transplants. Scientists will use the CRISPR genome editing technique to introduce genetic modifications into porcine...
by Collectif | 28 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United Kingdom, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has granted the first licence to carry out three-parent IVFto the Newcastle Fertility Centre. According to the centre, the first babies will be born in 2018 to couples where the woman is carrying...
by Collectif | 28 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On 14 March, a team led by scientists at the National Eye Institute announced in Nature Communications that a treatment applying CRISPR- Cas9 directly to the eye by means of a viral carrier prevented retinal degeneration in a mouse with retinitis pigmentosa. ...