by Collectif | 27 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A British team has modified the genome of 58 human embryos [1] using CRISPR-Cas9[2]. They said that they carried out their experiments to “study early human development” (see British scientists authorised to genetically handle human embryos). They...
by Collectif | 27 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
On Monday, the pharmaceutical company, Bayer, announced that Essure[1] sterilisation implants will no longer be marketed in Europe. The device, which has been “challenged for alleged adverse reactions”, has been withdrawn from the European market...
by Collectif | 25 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Saturday, the Portuguese National Council for Medically Assisted Procreation authorised its first surrogacy case. It concerns a 30 year-old woman who underwent “removal of the uterus following severe endometriosis” and her 50 year-old mother...
by Collectif | 25 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
A team at Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis (Missouri), has succeeded in transforming skin cells into motor neurones whilst avoiding “recourse to human stem cells and related ethical problems”. Scientists achieved this result by...
by Collectif | 25 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
An “unprecedented” procedure to transplant non-beating hearts and “restart” them using electrical energy would increase the annual number of heart transplants in the United Kingdom by 42%. The procedure would thus cut the waiting list...
by Collectif | 25 Sep, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A German study involving 1.4 million individuals [1] concludes that older fathers are more likely to have less fertile children. This phenomenon is allegedly due to the quality of the sperm, which decreases with age. Scientists at Georg August University in...