by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis
A new pacemaker model described in the journal Nature Communications has been successfully tested in pigs. The specific feature of this pacemaker is that it draws its energy from the heartbeat: it would therefore be implanted “for life” according to the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The French Council of State today decided to validate the medical decision to “terminate the treatment” of Vincent Lambert, who has been in a vegetative state for the past ten years; the decision goes against his parents’ wishes. This marks the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A German team working on 3D bioprinting of human organs has developed a technique to obtain a “detailed blueprint” of organs to accurately reproduce their structure. Led by Ali Erturk in Munich, the researchers used a solvent to make the organs...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis
People who have lost the ability to speak due to a stroke, cerebral palsy, Charcot’s disease, Alzheimer’s, brain damage, cancer, etc. may soon regain their voice. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced on Wednesday that...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis
Bioengineers at Boston’s Children’s Hospital have developed a catheter “capable of autonomous navigation in the body,” which has been tested in pigs. Able to steer using an optical touch sensor with artificial intelligence [1] it was developed...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 6 May, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust clinic in London offers a gender identity development service. Five doctors have just resigned “due to concerns over the treatment of children presenting as transgender”. Launched in 2010, this experimental...