by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the United Kingdom, a draft bill proposed by Lord Kevin Shinkwin is intended to prohibit abortion due to disability. This type of abortion is currently authorised up to birth. The new bill has just had its second reading in the House of Lords. Lord...
by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In Japan, thanks to IPS cells, scientists at the Riken Brain Science Institute have identified a new mutation in neural cells responsible for schizophrenia. They then validated their observations in vivo. Induced pluripotent stem cells were used here to model the...
by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Quebec, the results of an initial qualitative study carried out in two palliative care units between January and August 2016, show that “grey areas certainly exist when it comes to assessing assisted dying requests”. Doctors have expressed how...
by Collectif | 18 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Colorado has just approved “proposal 106” aimed at allowing the terminally ill with less than six months to live to obtain drugs to end their lives. Colorado is the sixth American state to have initiated a legal process for the terminally ill. ...
by Collectif | 18 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The controversial Korean scientist, Hwang Woo-Suk, has filed a patent on a line of human embryo stem cells called NT1 at the American Patent and Trademark Office. This patent does not represent “a scientific validation of his work”, but “a claim by...