by Collectif | 18 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Council on the Status of Women (CSW) presented the government with a report, which was published on Thursday, in which it relaxed the position it has long since defended vis-à-vis surrogate mothers. Highly opposed to surrogacy up to this point in time, the...
by Collectif | 18 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
At the end of January, at the CHU Angers (University Hospital Centre), a team lead by neurosurgeon, Philippe Menei, performed malignant brain tumour surgery on a patient wearing a virtual reality headset. Although the surgery in question has been practiced...
by Collectif | 17 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Following the recent news announced by the Wake Forest Institute further to its success in the production by 3D printing of human ear cartilage, viable after transplant, Hervé Seitz[1] focuses on research advances in this field. As evidenced with the...
by Collectif | 15 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Since 20 November 2015, Quebec has withdrawn in-vitro fertilisation free of charge as part of the medically assisted procreation (MAP) programme. In 2014, the MAP programme implemented by Quebec proved to be far more expensive than anticipated, “costing the Health...
by Collectif | 15 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Thanks to the CRISPR-Cas9 method, the testing of stem cells and genome printing can be used to introduce promising gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This neuromuscular disease affects 1 boy out of 3,500 births, i.e. one birth every 3 days in...
by Collectif | 14 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In South America, more than 1.5 million people have been affected in recent months by serious congenital deformities and neurological disorders. The Brazilian authorities spontaneously attributed these to the Zika virus. However, the link between the virus and...