by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Au Portland Hospital de Londres, au Royaume-Uni, une femme de 24 ans a donné naissance à son premier enfant grâce à l’un de ses ovaires, congelé lorsqu’elle avait neuf ans. Une première, selon l’université de Leeds. Depuis sa naissance, la jeune femme souffre...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The American Association of Psychiatry (AAP) wants to take action against euthanasia laws in Belgium, the Netherlands and “anywhere else where psychiatric patients who are not terminally ill are helped to commit suicide or who are, quite literally, killed by...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords debated surrogacy last week, urging the Government to reform the current law. The House of Lords considers that the commercial surrogacy ban “has a prejudicial effect on altruistic surrogacy”. ...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The British decision taken on 15 December authorising three-parent IVF procedures is raising numerous questions including the parentage of the unborn children: the law does not change but society’s perception is clouded. According to the British Law,...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
In 2012, French woman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American woman Jennifer Doudna discovered the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic modification tool, which has revolutionised gene therapy. The two women received the Gairdner Prize this year. CRIPSR-Cas9 is used to remove and add...
by Collectif | 13 Jan, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
An artificial pancreas could arrive on the market as early as 2018. Based on a blood glucose sensor, an insulin pump and an algorithm to calculate the dose of insulin, this pancreas has proved useful in the treatment of diabetes. The latest system advance “was...