by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 9 Feb, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
According to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, teenage girls whose mothers have had an abortion are more likely to choose the same path. Having noted a correlation between mothers and daughters in terms of age at which they had...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 9 Feb, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
The Japanese Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society is scheduled to meet in March to discuss extending access to non-invasive pre-natal screening (NIPS) for Down syndrome and including antenatal tests in general medicine. NIPS, which was introduced in Japan in...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 Feb, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
CRISPR should allow induced pluripotent stem cells to be obtained more easily from skin cells. This is the observation made by Gladstone Institute scientists who have worked on reprogramming murine cells by activating two specific cells using CRISPR. “We...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 Feb, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Belgian nurses and social workers specialising in end-of-life care are leaving palliative care units because they are becoming transformed into “euthanasia institutions”. A large number of hospital staff are leaving this sector because they do not want...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 Feb, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Cloning
“A Chinese team has just cloned the very first primates with the technique used on Dolly the ewe in 1996”. Highlighted in the Cell journal on 24 January, the birth of these two Macaque monkeys[1], Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, has generated “biological...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 Feb, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Since 2000 (with the exception of 2015), the number of abortions practised in the Netherlands has been declining. This was highlighted in a report published by the Dutch Health and Youth Inspectorate on 17 January. In 2016, 30,144 women had an abortion compared...