by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
AChinese study published in the Molecular genetics and genomics journal assesses research into human embryos to correct genetic mutations with the CRISPR technique. Scientists have used a total of six “viable human embryos”. Previous tests “on...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
On Thursday, Transplant Quebec published its 2016 annual statement on organ donation: “Quebec hospitals are witnessing more organ donations and fewer refusals from families”. This information is “encouraging” according to the organisation which...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
In Canada, a draft bill aimed at banning genetic discrimination in life assurance was adopted by 222 votes to 60. The draft law, drawn up on Parliament’s initiative, “would ban companies – and life insurance companies in particular –...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Health Care Disciplinary Council (RTG) at the Hague has just reprimanded a geriatric physician “who did not consider it appropriate to sedate a 102 year-old patient who requested it”. The doctor acknowledged the fact that his patient had...
by Collectif | 21 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Japan, “the number of people who die alone is increasing”: every year, 30,000 people die “alone, unnoticed” in this country, including 3,000 in Tokyo. They have”no family or friends at their bedside and no-one to worry about them if they...
by Collectif | 17 Mar, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Daily Mail has led an enquiry into abortions carried out at the Marie Stopes International Clinics, the second largest abortion provider in the United Kingdom. It discovered that doctors at these clinics approve thousands of abortions without meeting the women. A...