by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
AChinese study published in the Molecular genetics and genomics journal assesses research into human embryos to correct genetic mutations with the CRISPR technique. Scientists have used a total of six “viable human embryos”. Previous tests “on...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
On Thursday, Transplant Quebec published its 2016 annual statement on organ donation: “Quebec hospitals are witnessing more organ donations and fewer refusals from families”. This information is “encouraging” according to the organisation which...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
In Canada, a draft bill aimed at banning genetic discrimination in life assurance was adopted by 222 votes to 60. The draft law, drawn up on Parliament’s initiative, “would ban companies – and life insurance companies in particular –...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Health Care Disciplinary Council (RTG) at the Hague has just reprimanded a geriatric physician “who did not consider it appropriate to sedate a 102 year-old patient who requested it”. The doctor acknowledged the fact that his patient had...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Japan, “the number of people who die alone is increasing”: every year, 30,000 people die “alone, unnoticed” in this country, including 3,000 in Tokyo. They have”no family or friends at their bedside and no-one to worry about them if they...