by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A new “three-parent” pregnancy has been attempted by Spanish researchers. The 32 year-old pregnant woman is Greek. She has already had four attempts at IVF, all of which have failed. Directed by Nuno Costa-Borges, researchers at Embryotool, University of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Ohio, eight new families are suing the Cleveland fertility clinic, which had allowed 4,000 frozen embryos to perish due to a lack of monitoring in March 2018 (see Ohio: Over 2,000 eggs and embryos potentially damaged The latest lawsuits were filed on Thursday for...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 4 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The provision of abortion services in Ireland is delayed due to the shortage of willing doctors and the lack of medical training. Voted last December following the May 2018 referendum, the law decriminalising abortion came into force on 1 January 2019. Only...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 4 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Japanese researchers are about to start a clinical trial in cancer patients to assess treatment based on induced pluripotent stem cells, also known as iPS cells. This research is being conducted by Haruhiko Koseki of Riken research institute and Professor Yoshitaka...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 4 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
In the United States, on Monday, 14 January 2019, a federal judge temporarily suspended a provision to limit access to contraception for American women, pending a substantive review of the case. This provision, introduced by the Trump administration in 2017,...