by Collectif | 16 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | GMO
A study published in the American Science Journal on Thursday 13 August revealed that a team of scientists at Stanford University, California, has succeeded in producing an opioid analgesic by genetically modifying baker’s yeast. This study describes how the...
by Collectif | 13 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Scientists have successfully reprogrammed murine cells to the “totipotency” stage. Human body cells have already been reprogrammed into “pluripotent” cells or iPS since Professor Yamanaka’s discovery in 2006, but this new finding reprograms cells to a further...
by Collectif | 13 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Le premier et unique essai clinique utilisant des cellules iPS a été suspendu au début de l’été. Il avait été lancé en 2014 au Japon et visait le traitement de la DMLA, Dégénérescence Maculaire Liée à l’Age, première cause de cécité chez les personnes âgées de plus de...
by Collectif | 13 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The debate is gaining momentum in the United States since videos filmed with hidden cameras showing family planning employees “offering to sell the tissue of aborted foetuses” went on-line in early July. Following the proposal of Republican Senators who...
by Collectif | 11 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
In the United States, a biotechnology company is creating genetically modified pigs with the intention of performing pig-to-baboon organ transplants. The aim is to provide an alternative to organ donation. The organs of these genetically modified pigs...
by Collectif | 11 Aug, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
“Even in countries where medically assisted suicide is legal, doctors are often reluctant to help patients who ask to die”. This is the conclusion reached in several European studies but it does not prevent the number of euthanasia cases from increasing. One of...