by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In Iran, the only country in the world to take this approach, a law has been passed to legalise the sale of kidneys. Since 1993, “30,000 kidney transplants” have been carried out by Iranian doctors. This is a “golden opportunity” for a country...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The American company, Editas[1], which “specialises in the development of genome editing therapy” must “demonstrate that its molecular scissors [CRISPR Cas9] are adequately developed in order to launch clinical trials in humans[2]”. At the end...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
Published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, a study led by Professor Mehdi Mejdoubi presents the follow-up results recorded in 103 new-born infants born “to women infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy and in whom antenatal ultrasound...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
On 18 October, the American Food and Drug Agency (FDA) authorised the market launch of gene therapy, Yescarta, to treat adults suffering from an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a tumour that attacks the lymphatic system. Almost 3,500...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Belgium, “the law states that sperm donations should be voluntary and anonymous”. However, the “Donor Detectives” Foundation [2] has announced that two Belgians born through “insemination by an anonymous donor” discovered that...
by Collectif | 30 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
For Elina Dumont, social worker and ward of the state, interviewed on RMC (Radio Monte Carlo), MAP (medically assisted pregnancy) is “a selfish act” because it denies a child the opportunity to find out “where he/she comes from”. ...