by Collectif | 23 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 10 September, the College of Physicians of Quebec published a “Guide to medically assisted dying” intended for health care professionals authorised from December onwards to practice euthanasia for adults at the end of their lives and for persons subject to...
by Collectif | 22 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Japanese scientists at the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo have succeeded in developing functioning laboratory-produced kidneys, created from stem cells and transplanted into animals.“Once transplanted to pigs or rats, the kidneys functioned and produced...
by Collectif | 22 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A recent Spanish scientific publication in the Development journal was actively relayed by a Press agency in France. It refers to a study conducted by Carlos Simon, affiliated to Stanford University and Scientific Director of FIVI[1]. The IVI Foundation...
by Collectif | 21 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
At a time when scientists have succeeded in modifying the intellectual capacities of mice by sequencing their DNA and when the Hinxton group is requesting authorisation to genetically modify human embryos, Laurent Alexandre, President of DNA Vision, is returning to...
by Collectif | 21 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Laura, a young 24 year-old Belgian woman with a difficult childhood and adolescence behind her, has requested euthanasia because she is thinking “suicidal thoughts” (cf. Gènéthique du 1er juillet 2015 et du 5 aout 2015). This summer, the “world was moved” following...
by Collectif | 20 Sep, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Friday, the US House of Representatives adopted two draft bills against abortion – the one suppressing the public funding of the Family Planning Association for one year, and the other “adding criminal penalties to doctors who fail to provide medical care to babies...