by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
A team of French scientists has carried out studies in mice to understand how the sperm fuses with the egg at the moment of fertilisation. Christine Gourier, who led the investigation, explained: “Two to three minutes elapse between contact and fusion, but very...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A difficult question because, as pointed out by Professor Daniel Alam, the micro-vascular surgeon in charge of the first face transplant performed in the United States, at the Cleveland Clinic (Ohio), “the central part of the face is also the key to our physical...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Isabelle Dinoire, the first face transplant patient, died on 22 April 2016. The announcement of her death was delayed based on an agreement with her family. She underwent a partial nose, mouth and chin transplant on 27 November 2005 at the CHU Amiens...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A campaign for organ donation was launched in Switzerland on Tuesday. This is based on a new strategy: the donor card, which was introduced in 2014, will be issued in duplicate from now on. The second card will be used to inform the donor’s relatives. This new...
by Collectif | 19 Sep, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Born through MAP, “she had to find her donor at any price. Her life depended on it”. Today, Sarah is 25 years old. In 2013, after a bitter 4-year struggle, the German legal system finally granted her the right to find out the identity of her donor. This...
by Collectif | 21 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 19 July, the Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies decided to remove a clause in the new Criminal Code which would have decriminalised abortion in cases where the mother’s life was at risk or in the event of deformity, incest or rape. This clause was rejected with...