by Marie-Anne Chéron | 15 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The draft recommendation entitled “recourse to new genetic technologies in human beings” was adopted on 25 April 2017 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Committee for Social Affairs (see Council of Europe reflects on editing of...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 15 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Chinese scientists have undertaken a clinical trial using the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tool in an attempt to treat cancer patients. The trial will include 20 patients with an aggressive gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphoma. Jia Wei, Deputy...
by Marie-Anne Chéron | 15 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
After falsifying a pregnancy to mislead her family, an Italian woman discovered that the child she had bought from a young Romanian woman was of mixed race. She returned the child three days later. The baby’s biological mother, the “false” mother and...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Ireland, the Citzen’s Assembly commissioned by Parliament in 2016 to give its opinion on a series of society-related issues, recommended “by a large majority” to “end the ban on abortion” by the Eighth Amendment. The latter, which was...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A study published by JAMA oncology at the beginning of the month has assessed the past 20 years since the introduction of the Death With Dignity Act – the first US law allowing assisted suicide in the State of Oregon. The study revealed that “3% of the...
by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“Drastic cuts in IVF services by the NHS should be offset by free pre-implantation genetic screening,” announced gynaecologist, Luciano Nardo, who believes that these tests”would increase couples’ chances of conception”. As far as...