by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Several scientific studies have revealed that pacemakers, insulin pumps and cerebral implants can be easily hacked with dangerous consequences. This is bad news indeed for millions of people with cardiac implants around the globe. Anne Canteaut, Research...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Following a long legal battle, a 50 year-old Israeli couple have been granted permission to posthumously retrieve the sperm of their son who died in a car accident at the age of 25. They wanted to “give” him a child because he was keen to “have...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Netherlands declared its position on the right to die around fourteen years ago. The law of 12 April 2001 decriminalised active euthanasia and assisted suicide. The country didn’t stop there. It has just granted access to euthanasia for a forty year-old male...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Cambodia has offered amnesty to Australians who have paid for surrogacy services. They can collect their babies without fear of being arrested. This announcement was made following the arrest of an Australian nurse in Phnom Penh, accused of working for a surrogacy...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
For the first time at the CHU Toulouse (University Medical Centre), a baby boy has been born following an ovary transplant. In 2009, whilst battling neck cancer, a young woman agreed to have her ovarian tissue preserved. Part of her ovary was frozen in an attempt to...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Two neurosurgeons, Sergio Canavero and Ren Xiaping, are planning on carrying out the first human head transplant in 2017. Valery Spiridonov, a young Russian man in his thirties, has volunteered to have the transplant. He suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman’s disease...