by Collectif | 13 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Cambridge University scientists led by Professor Zernicka-Goetz have succeeded “in creating a structure resembling a cultured mouse embryo” using murine stem cells and a 3D matrix on which the cells were developed. Their study is published in the Science...
by Collectif | 13 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Following the illegal entry of the “abortion ship” in Guatemalan territorial waters, [1], the Directorate General for Immigration suspended the authorisation for the ship’s crew to stay in Guatemala and ordered its deportation. According...
by Collectif | 13 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
A young French patient suffering from sickle cell anaemia – a severe hereditary form of chronic anaemia – has been “successfully”treated with gene therapy. The treatment was carried out in October 2014 at the Necker Children’s Hospital...
by Collectif | 13 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
By creating mice using gametes obtained from somatic cells removed from the tail of adult mice (see “Reproducing mice without using eggs and Reproducing mice in eggs: an announcement to be tempered”), Japanese scientists have just broken an age-old premise put...
by Collectif | 13 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Following the reinstatement of the Mexico Policy by the United Nations, financing for organisations providing abortions in foreign countries, such as the International Family Planning Federation, Marie Stopes International and the United Nations Population Fund...