by Collectif | 20 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have carried out awareness testing in programmable robots – a test which proved positive. “Each of these robots had the capacity to speak but, during the test, two of these robots were reprogrammed to remain...
by Collectif | 20 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A new study published in the Nature Journal last week highlighted a discovery using stem cells. “Having a better performance rate and more accurate” than gene therapy, the technique allows mitochondrial diseases to be treated. Mitochondria are small cell...
by Collectif | 19 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The Canadian Federal Government has created an external advisory committee to assess legislative options for consideration following the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in February, which declared the total ban on assisted suicide as unconstitutional. On...
by Collectif | 19 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
On the publication of the book, Les nouveaux marchés cannibales, mondialisation et marchandisation du corps humain, Jean-Daniel Rainhorn, Co-Editor and Professor of Health and Humanitarian Action at La Maison des sciences de l’homme (Human Sciences) in Paris and...
by Collectif | 19 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
In the United States, several plaintiffs, including the Little Sisters of the Poor in Denver (Colorado) lost their health insurance case on 14 July. The complaining institutions demanded to be “exempt in the name of religious freedom from complying with the health...
by Collectif | 16 Jul, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Proceedings in the United States are fuelling the debate about surplus frozen embryos. This is “a battle to keep unborn children” between a divorced couple. This week, the court will hear a couple on the future of their embryos and will pass judgment in...