by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Artificial intelligence specialist, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, warns of the importance of ethical reflection given the massive influx and use of data by artificial intelligence systems. “In the light of devices that track and preserve information, it is...
by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
In Chile, the draft bill to decriminalise abortion, which included a conscience clause only for the surgeon carrying out the abortion, is currently being revised by the Senate (see Abortion in Chile: medical teams deprived of conscientious objection except for...
by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Medical and legal experts in 15 countries are calling for stricter regulations to prevent vulnerable patients from continuing potentially fatal experimental stem cell treatments, the safety of which has not been proven (see Stem cells: unreasonable expectations...
by Collectif | 13 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
While complex technologies, popularized by the media, are encroaching upon living science, from Crispr-Case 9 to the gene drive, we can see that “the eugenic perspective” of such applications is open to criticism. However, as biologist Jacques Testart...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
In Chile, the Senate is about to finalise the voting of a draft bill which would decriminalise abortion in three situations (see Chile authorises abortion for three reasons: risk to the mother, rape and foetal malformation and Chile: senators approved a...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
In Germany, pre-natal non-invasive screening for Down syndrome (NIPS) has been offered by the pharmaceutical company, Lifecodexx, since 2012 (seeMarket launch of new Down syndrome screening test in four European countries). The issue of reimbursement through...