by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | GMO
In Burkina Faso, the National Agency of Biosafety (NAB) is set to authorise the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the coming weeks. Since 2012, the village of Sourkoudiguin has been a focal point for the Target Malaria project. Financed to the tune of $70...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
A coding error has triggered the breach of data held for 150,000 British patients who had opted out of sharing their confidential health information. The error was flagged up when TPP, a leading NHS IT supplier[1], switched to a new coding system to manage electronic...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Danish researchers at Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet have succeeded in developing human follicles on a totally cell-free synthetic ovarian tissue “scaffold” created by bio-engineering. As far as researchers are concerned, this would be a...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
As from 1st October 2018, people in England will have access to DNA tests on an unprecedented scale when the NHS becomes the first health service in the world to routinely offer genomic medicine. Hospitals across England will be connected to specialist centres that...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 23 Jul, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Data collected from various international registers have allowed accurate figures to be published on medically assisted reproduction around the world. The findings were presented during the 34th ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)[1]...