by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Australia, the draft bill on active euthanasia with “guarantees” was rejected for the fifteenth time by the Southern Australian Parliament (see Australie : Le Parlement examine pour la quatorzième fois un projet de loi sur l’euthanasie...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Zurich Company, Ava[1], has developed a “fertility bracelet” to “enable women who wish to become pregnant to monitor their menstrual cycles and fertility”. This bracelet is connected to an app which collects “millions of data during...
by Collectif | 29 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
A Chinese team led by oncologist Lu You at the University of Sichuan, injected a lung cancer patient with genetically modified cells using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique for the first time at the end of October. This clinical trial was approved by an Ethics...
by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
Marie-Amélie Le Fur, Paralympic Athletics Champion and medal-winner at the Rio Olympic Games “warns against the temptation to over-instrumentalise the body”. She runs with a blade replacing her left leg – a prosthesis that makes her particularly...
by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Since 2011, over 80 children have been born abroad through surrogacy to intended Irish parents. Over 75% of them were born in India. These figures are based on the parents’ applications for emergency passports. This “controversial” practice...
by Collectif | 28 Nov, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Last year in the United Kingdom, an increasing number of women suffered serious complications following In-Vitro Fertilisation according to the HFEA[1]. Doctors are concerned by the increase in cases of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, which can be...