by Collectif | 5 Apr, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A study published in Nature Communications recounts the xenograft experiments[1] conducted by an American team: five pig hearts were transplanted into baboons “with a record graft survival period of 2.5 years”. One of the authors of the study, Muhammad...
by Collectif | 5 Apr, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Belfast Court has just given a 21 year-old woman a three-month suspended prison sentence for purchasing abortion pills on the Internet. The young woman, who was 19 at the time, did not have enough money to travel to England for an abortion. She finally...
by Collectif | 5 Apr, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
The work of Amit Patel, which has been published in The Lancet, was highlighted at the American Cardiology Society Congress held in early April. This Utah University scientist and his team developed cell therapy based on haematopoietic stem cells for patients...
by Collectif | 3 Apr, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Japanese scientists at the Riken Centre, University of Tokyo, have succeeded in creating “complete” synthetic skin tissue (with sudoriparous and sebaceous glands) from iPS cells. They then successfully implanted this three-dimensional tissue in living mice. The...
by Collectif | 3 Apr, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In October 2015, the Indian Government instructed fertility clinics to stop transferring embryos intended for foreign recipients to surrogate mothers. The trafficking is nevertheless continuing because this industry is not regulated. In fact, the annual world market...
by Collectif | 31 Mar, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
According to a study carried out on human foetal tissue, an AXL protein, which helps the Zika virus to infect stem cells in adult skin, could also help it to attack stem cells forming brain and eye cells. However, this result which is the outcome of research to...