by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 1 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
A team from the Beijing Genomics Institute in China has sequenced the genome of two foetuses in utero, in an attempt to detect their genetic risk for a certain number of diseases. To do this, they collected blood samples from pregnant women in which foetal cells were...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 1 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis
More and more companies are investing in technology designed to help them predict the future, especially in terms of employee behaviour: productivity, interactions and even emotional states. These algorithms, which promise increased profitability, represent a soaring...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 1 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The law has just been adopted by the Dutch Parliament. From now on, all citizens over 18 years of age will be automatically included in the donor register unless they explicitly refuse tos participate. This law is aimed at increasing the number of donors. The...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 1 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Thanks to an antenna, which has been attached to his brain since 2004, Neil Harbisson, who was born with achromatopsia – a condition that has condemned him to seeing everything in black and white – can now see colours. A sensor was used to transform light...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 1 Mar, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has taken legal action against the Ohio law adopted last December, which bans the abortion of foetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome (see OhAio: Law banning the abortion of foetuses with Down syndrome has finally been adopted)....