by Collectif | 2 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
In 2013, the American authorities (FDA – Food and Drug Administration) ordered the 23andMe Company to stop marketing DNA test kits advertised as capable of identifying (not diagnosing) the risks associated with certain diseases such as Parkinson’s disease,...
by Collectif | 2 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
Roche has announced the take-over of Arizona Diagnostics, Inc., a company based in San Jose (California, United States), which markets non-invasive prenatal tests. These blood tests are carried out from the 10th week of pregnancy in an attempt to diagnose the...
by Collectif | 2 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Two years after the 2012 reform of Minister Biltgen, which liberalised the law of 1978 governing abortion, Luxembourg voted in a new reform on Tuesday afternoon by 38 votes to 22. This new reform authorises abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy, suppresses...
by Collectif | 1 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the Netherlands, doctors are currently in the process of drafting protocols which could increase the number of organs available for transplantation. How? By collecting organs from patients who have requested euthanasia. If the procedure is ratified, it would...
by Collectif | 1 Dec, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Neonatal infanticide does not come under the remit of the Council of Europe – this is what the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Nils Muinieks claimed on 19 November 2014 (See Gènéthique 24-11-2014 press review). However, Grégor Puppinck,...
by Collectif | 30 Nov, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Last August, the whole world learned that an Australian couple who had commissioned a Thai surrogate mother, abandoned the Down syndrome baby, Gammy, taking only his “healthy” twin sister. A few weeks later, the media revealed the case of a rich Japanese...