by Collectif | 22 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A report condemning so-called “commercial” surrogacy and extolling “altruistic” surrogacy will be presented to the Council of Europe on Wednesday, 21 September by Petra De Sutter, transgender MP and Belgian gynaecologist (see GPA au...
by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
A Cybathlon will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, on 8 October. The initiative is based on fact: in the United States, more than 1.6 million people have undergone amputation and the WHO estimates that there are almost 65 million wheelchair users worldwide. On a...
by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Italian Ministry for Health has launched a campaign intended to boost fertility rates as part of a national fertility plan adopted on 28 July 2016. With a fertility rate of 1.37 children per woman, Italy ranks in 208th position out of 224 countries. However,...
by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In China, where reproductive medicine is strictly regulated, surrogacy and egg donation are forbidden. However, more and more single Chinese women “are travelling abroad to freeze their eggs in order to keep their options open and control the pace of their...
by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
“Ears designed from pieces of apple?” – this is precisely what has been attempted by Canadian researchers led by biohacker, Andrew Pelling. They have “grown” ears in fruit cellulose. Their study, which has been published in the PlosOne...
by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
The transhumanist project “turns the idea of mankind originating from the Enlighteners upside down”, explains Nicolas Le Dévédec, Doctor of Sociology and Political Science. If the culture of the Enlighteners wanted “to improve society and our social...