by Collectif | 28 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Once again, Google has ranked itself as a world leader in the neuro business. Its laboratory, Google X, specialising in the investigation of potentially revolutionary technologies, has just announced the development of nanoparticles used to detect the early...
by Collectif | 28 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The draft law seeking to authorise surrogacy for singles and same sex couples has passed the first stage in the legal battle. In its first reading last Monday in Knesset, the law was approved by a majority of 45 votes to 15. According to the Israeli Health Minister,...
by Collectif | 27 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
According to the latest WHO estimates, of the almost 100,000 organ transplants carried out annually across the globe, 10,000 can be attributed to international trafficking networks. To illustrate this substantial business, the Lepoint.fr website recounts...
by Collectif | 27 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
On the occasion of the centenary symposium organised last week by MIT AeroAstro, Elon Musk, founder of the PayPal, SpaceX (Space Launcher) and Tesla Motors (Electric Vehicle) Companies expressed concerns about artificial intelligence (AI): “I think that we must...
by Collectif | 27 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
American scientist, Erik Betzig, has just developed a new technique allowing “intracellular processes to be observed in 3D and in real time”. According to the Sciences & Avenir website, “the main problem with microscopes used to...
by Collectif | 27 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
The James Dyson Prize for innovative, investigational projects has just been awarded to two students, Arianna McAllister and Lian Leng, of Toronto University for their invention of the bio-printer, Print Alive. This fast, inexpensive printer, which is no bigger than a...