by Collectif | 3 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives, Genome
Two babies “saved from previously incurable leukaemia” by injections of genetically modified immune cells “are doing well” more than one year on from the first injection. Scientists have just published details of their studies. They are...
by Collectif | 2 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Scientists have announced “the creation, for the very first time, of chimera embryos containing human and porcine cells”. The authors of the study are American, Juan Belmonte from Salk Institute, and Spanish (University of Mercia). The long-term aim of...
by Collectif | 2 Feb, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
From 24 to 27 January, the Employment Court of Appeal in the district of Jönköping, Sweden, heard the case of midwife Ellinor Grimmark, who refused a job in three clinics “because she did not want to be involved in abortions”. In November 2015, a district...
by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Scientists at the Regenerative Medicine Center at Boston Medical Center and the University of Boston School of Medicine have created an iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cell research bank, which paves the way for research into sickle cell anaemia and its treatment. This...
by Collectif | 30 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Nowadays, neonatal screening for a certain number of diseases using a blood sample taken from a newborn baby, is routinely performed at birth. Most of the time, the parents are not concerned and no disease is detected. However, using this same blood sample, it...