by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Republican State of Texas wants to make women who have an abortion or miscarriage at hospital bury the foetus, regardless of the stage of pregnancy. The measure should become effective before the end of this year if there is no legal opposition. Since 2011,...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Scientists at Yale University have developed a new in-vivo gene editing technique to correct mutations that cause beta thalassaemia – a form of anaemia that reduces haemoglobin production. This technology was previously limited to in-vitro cell culture...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The fifth patient to receive an artificial heart produced by the Carmat Company died at the end of October. He underwent surgery in Nantes, approximately six weeks before his death, and was the first person to receive this artificial heart as part of a second series...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The United Kingdom could soon become the first country to authorise the birth of children conceived using the “three-parent IVF” technique, despite continuing concerns regarding its inefficacy. On 30 November, the HFEA[1] explained that,...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Famous American rapper, Nick Cannon, has accused Planned Parenthood, the American Family Planning Association, of organising the “genocide” of the Afro-American population through abortion. Denouncing “modern eugenics”, the music star...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In a decree that could make jurisprudence, the Brazilian Supreme Court has decided that, “it is not a crime to abort during the first trimester of pregnancy”. In Brazil, abortion is generally considered to be a crime and can carry a prison sentence of up...