by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A German team working on 3D bioprinting of human organs has developed a technique to obtain a “detailed blueprint” of organs to accurately reproduce their structure. Led by Ali Erturk in Munich, the researchers used a solvent to make the organs...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis
People who have lost the ability to speak due to a stroke, cerebral palsy, Charcot’s disease, Alzheimer’s, brain damage, cancer, etc. may soon regain their voice. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced on Wednesday that...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis
Bioengineers at Boston’s Children’s Hospital have developed a catheter “capable of autonomous navigation in the body,” which has been tested in pigs. Able to steer using an optical touch sensor with artificial intelligence [1] it was developed...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust clinic in London offers a gender identity development service. Five doctors have just resigned “due to concerns over the treatment of children presenting as transgender”. Launched in 2010, this experimental...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 29 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Turkey has become a favourite destination for Western couples looking for low-cost in-vitro fertilization treatment. It attracts both American women, who cannot afford an IVF cycle in their own country [1], and European women, who do not have access to MAR in their...