by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In response to a request from a British couple, Californian fertility specialist, David Smotrich, used the sperm of their 26 year-old son, who had died in a car accident, to produce a child. “The deceased’s body was not discovered until forty-eight hours...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A report published in the American Journal of Transplantation has confirmed that four transplant recipients developed breast cancer after receiving organs from the same donor. The latter had no medical history and had donated her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart. The...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
Interviewed about abortion by a TMC journalist, the President of the French Syndicate of Gynaecologists, Bertrand de Rochambeau, has clarified his position: “You have to put your heart and soul into the job. I get up at any time of night. I carry out highly...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Canada’s first face transplant has been carried out by surgeon Daniel Borsuk. The man given the transplant was the victim of a hunting accident in 2011 as a result of which he lost his nose and jaw. After a series of examinations in the spring of 2017,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 12 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On 10 September, the United States Appeal Court made a “crucial” decision about rights concerning the CRISPR Cas9 tool, granting the patent to Harvard’s Broad Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Appeal Court thus...