by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In London, a couple is fighting to keep their eight-month-old son alive. Isaiah Hasstrup suffered brain damage at birth, and was placed on an artificial respirator at King’s College Hospital. However, the medical team believes that further treatment would be...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The United States Supreme Court has just announced that, in early 2018, it will hear an appeal against a Californian law which obliges “private anti-abortion organisations” to inform pregnant women that they can appeal for an abortion and methods of...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Canada has just published “initial guidelines regarding paediatric organ donation after circulatory death” in the scientific “Pediatric Critical Care Medicine” journal. When “some patients have significant brain...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
During the last decade, over 100 babies born through surrogacy in India, Ukraine and Thailand have entered Ireland with their intended parents through emergency travel certificates. Thirty-two children were affected in just one year – 2015. To bypass the law,...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
To correct cholesterol levels and treat liver diseases, American scientists have combined nanotechnologies and the genome editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9[1]. They have produced nanoparticles to transport CRISPR and permanently and specifically edit a cholesterol-regulating...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
During the meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in early November, the results of a study undertaken by the universities of Colorado and Duke were presented to delegates. The results showed that the implantation of a single...