by Collectif | 21 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
57 year-old Chris King lost both his hands three years ago in a work accident involving a metal press. At the UK’s Centre for Hand Transplants, Professor Simon Kay, Plastic Surgery Consultant at the Leeds General Infirmary, undertook an unprecedented procedure:...
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...
by Collectif | 20 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Wednesday, the Portuguese Parliament adopted an amended version of the law authorising surrogacy, which was already voted on in May but blocked by Presidential veto (see MAP (medically assisted procreation, surrogacy: Portugal opens its doors, Portugal: a...
by Collectif | 20 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Three-parent IVF raises ethical and public health issues. Firstly, a study published last month in Cell Stem Cellshowed that a small quantity of affected mitochondria (1%) obtained from the cell of the genetic mother, could be transmitted during handling, and...
by Collectif | 19 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The Biosafety and Ethics Committees of three universities have approved an initial clinical trial using the CRISPR Cas9 editing technique in humans. This is a somatic gene therapy study, the aim of which is to create genetically modified immune cells using CRISPR to...
by Collectif | 19 Jul, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
In Vietnam, Hanoi has announced a $7.8 million investment “to boost the early detection of congenital anomalies between 2016 and 2020”. In addition to neonatal screening, this announcement concerns non-invasive prenatal screeningfor Down syndrome (NIPS). The aim in...