by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis
Professor Avi Schroeder is in charge of the Technion[1]Laboratory in Jerusalem, which focuses on the “targeted administration of medicinal products and personalised medical technologies”. He is investigating “how to release medicinal products into the body in order...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Japan, which is now a recognised IPS pioneer, has invested in buildings and state-of-the-art equipment to generate resources to consolidate its position. Recently, it also reviewed its marketing authorisation process for medicinal products and created an accelerated...
by Collectif | 9 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Today, in Quebec, a law has been passed authorising recourse to assisted suicide in the case of an incurable and terminal illness, solely at the patient’s request. In fact, the Quebec Court of Appeal has just authorised Quebec to appeal against the ruling concerning...
by Collectif | 8 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The use of aborted foetal tissue has generated lively debated in the United States in recent months. Today, the Nature journal is publishing an article, which it claims reveals the “truth” behind this controversial research. According to 2014 NIH[1] data,...
by Collectif | 8 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
In Great Britain, a family has filed a complaint against the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust because it ordered not to resuscitate their son in the event of cardio-respiratory problems because of his “Down Syndrome, inability to swallow, learning...
by Collectif | 7 Dec, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Tuesday, 8 December in Belgium, where the euthanasia of an elderly woman on the grounds of depression created a scandal, sixty-five psychologists, psychiatrists and university professors published a carte blanche in the De Morgen newspaper in which they denounced...