by Collectif | 18 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Following the suicide of their brother who had contacted Geneva-based Exit for assistance, the two men who wanted to prevent him from ending his life, “are continuing their legal battle”. “On 16 May (…), the Public Prosecutor ruled...
by Collectif | 18 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
“Killing off death”. This transhumanist objective is at the heart of a controversial trial to resuscitate brain-dead patients – the Reanima project. The biotechnology company, Bioquark, which already created a stir back in May 2016...
by Collectif | 18 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
According to a Supreme Court judgment in Iowa, United States, on 2 June, the parents of a “severely disabled” child can sue doctors for failing to detect the disability during pregnancy. The case in question involves a little boy, born in...
by Collectif | 18 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Friday, the Dutch courts authorised DNA sampling from the personal effects of Jan Karbaat, a former sperm bank director who died recently. He is suspected to be the biological father of children born to twenty-two recipients who underwent in-vitro fertilisation...
by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Within the clinical trial setting, Sangamo Therapeutics will use the zinc finger nuclease technique [1] to introduce the gene of a missing coagulation factor into the hepatic cells of men presenting with haemophilia B. The patients will have “a...
by Collectif | 12 Jun, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
In Japan, a company specialising in genetics, namely Genesis Healthcare Co. based in Tokyo, will offer a new “service” to future parents within the next 12 months – a test based on DNA analysis to check their...