by Collectif | 1 Apr, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
The inter-party committee, “Non au DPI” (“No to PGD”) has just launched its campaign against constitutional change, which will be put to the public vote on 14 June 2015. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis unites those who fear the selection of...
by Collectif | 31 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
In March 2015, two groups of scientists warned the scientific community of the possible spin-offs of using a new genome modification tool, namely CRISPR-Cas9. Albert Barrois explains how this new technique was developed: The first discovery dates back to 1987,...
by Collectif | 30 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Yesterday, Doug Ducey, the Republican governor of Arizona, signed a bill obliging physicians to tell women wishing to undergo or about to undergone a medical abortion that the procedure could still be stopped by using strong doses of hormones. This bill also prohibits...
by Collectif | 29 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The medical team at Papworth Hospital (Cambridge, United Kingdom), is claiming a European first: the successful transplantation of a “stopped” heart. This technique was introduced in Australia in 2014. The team “restarted” the heart a few...
by Collectif | 29 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Two studies published in The Lancet by scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden refer to the management of medical or illegal abortions that have failed and miscarriages. One focuses on the use of a urine test, a “home test” which means that...
by Collectif | 25 Mar, 2015 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The team of genetic code scientists published an article in the Nature Genetics journal updating “a series of discoveries including the age of mankind’s last common ancestor”. By combining the genomes of 10,000 individuals from all over...