by Collectif | 10 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
French, German and English Ethics Committees have been holding an annual meeting for seven years. The 2016 trilateral meeting was held on 21 October in Berlin on the topic of genome editing, i.e. “new techniques in gene modification”, including...
by Collectif | 10 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the United States, American women are seeking recourse to medical abortions almost as often as surgical abortions. Sixteen years ago, when the abortion pill was granted marketing authorisation and the medication was launched in the US, all the signs indicated that...
by Collectif | 10 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
When two brothers started legal proceedings to oppose the assisted suicide request made to Exit by their 83 year-old elder brother who was not suffering from any specific condition (see In Switzerland, brothers start legal proceedings against Exit: verdict due...
by Collectif | 10 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
Following the recommendation of the National Screening Committee (see NIPS: ethical questions pending), the NHS[1] has announced its intention to make NIPS available in 2018. “We want women to have safer screening tests available to them, (…) we...
by Collectif | 4 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
A protein circulating in the blood of pregnant women could be used to develop antenatal tests to determine the health of babies and predict the need for emergency care at birth, based on a study conducted by Queen Mary University London (QMUL). The test...