by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Giving in to “pressure from pro-abortion campaigners”, the Irish Government has announced “plans to carry out a referendum on abortion” in the spring of 2018 (see Ireland: heading towards a referendum to extend access to abortion by the end of...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In Chile, an initial clinical trial to test treatment with umbilical cord stem cells in thirty patients with heart failure has proved “encouraging”. The publication in the American Heart Association journal refers to “notable improvements in cardiac...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In Ontario (Canada), a recent study published in the CMAJ[1] showed that the new policy to harvest organs from non-heart-beating donors has contributed to the 57% increase in organ donation since 2006. Previously, organs were harvested following brain death...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Repeated comments from neurosurgeon, Sergio Canavero, about head transplants are raising a certain number of questions and creating a “legal headache”. This “mad project”, which first came to light in 2013, will probably be...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Martin Jervis, a 61 year-old British man, sustained a stroke that required extensive surgery. Doctors believed that he had “little chance of recovery” and his family, in agreement with the medical team, refused any attempt to prolong his life by medical...
by Collectif | 9 Oct, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A 35 year-old man who has been “awake but unresponsive” [1] for 15 years, has showed signs of regaining consciousness following electrical vagus nerve stimulation. An article on this case was published in the “Current Biology” journal. It was written...