by Collectif | 14 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
An adolescent suffering from sickle cell disease is “in the process of being cured”. He took part in a stem cell clinical trial conducted by Professor Marina Cavazzana at the Necker Children’s Hospital, Paris Public Hospitals and the Imagine Institute in September...
by Collectif | 13 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
OpenAI was officially launched on Friday. This is a “research company” which “aims to prevent artificial intelligence spin-offs”. Composed of “several Silicon Valley stakeholders”, the aim of Open AI is “to allow numerical intelligence to advance since this is the...
by Collectif | 13 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
After Melissa Cook, another surrogate mother in California[1] was subjected last month to pressure from the intended parents to have an abortion at seventeen weeks, 26 year-old Brittneyrose Torres, is keen to recount her story to protect other surrogate mothers from a...
by Collectif | 10 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A study [1]conducted by the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and published in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care has shown that women using an implant or an injectable form of contraception after an initial abortion are more likely than...
by Collectif | 10 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Tuesday, Sierra Leone adopted The Safe Abortion Act, a law which makes abortion legal and replaces the law of 1861, which banned abortion in West African countries unless the mother’s life was in danger. The Act, which has yet to be signed and passed...
by Collectif | 10 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
During the London seminar entitled, “From Three-Person IVF to Genome Editing” organised by the Educational Trust Progress (PET) on Wednesday, 9 December at University College London, Professor Mark Walport, the Government’s Scientific Advisor, announced that the...