by Collectif | 21 Aug, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In Japan, a project led by Professor Yoshiki Sawa and colleagues at Osaka University, is aiming to use iPS cells in a clinical trial involving three patients suffering from ischemic heart disease – a coronary disease which manifests as inadequate oxygen intake...
by Collectif | 31 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Today, 26 million people around the world suffer from heart failure and donors are seldom found. An innovative artificial heart has been developed at the École polytechnique fédérale in Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich EPFZ), Switzerland....
by Collectif | 31 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A speech delivered in early June in the Commons Chamber in Ottawa, Canada, by Foreign Affairs Minister, Chrystia Freeland, has triggered a reaction from Monsignor Douglas Crosby, Bishop of Hamilton and President of the Canadian Episcopal Conference. In her...
by Collectif | 31 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On 12 July, members of the Luxembourg Legal Committee considered parenting rights based on draft law 6568. The MPs focused priorities on protecting the superior right of the child, namely a child’s right to know his/her biological origin. ...
by Collectif | 31 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Zion Harvey had his hands and feet amputated and his kidneys removed as a young child following septicaemia. He had already undergone a kidney transplant several years ago and was taking anti-rejection medication. Then, in July 2015, at the age of 8, he had two hand...
by Collectif | 31 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Chile, following the approval of MPs on 17 March 2016 and initial validation by the Senate on 25 January 2017, the draft bill decriminalising abortion in three instances, namely rape, foetal malformation and risk to the mother’s health (see Chile...