by Collectif | 1 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
This week, the American National Institute for Health (NIH) released the first funds (46 billion dollars) for “The Brain Initiative”, the project launched by President Obama in April 2013 and dedicated to research on the human brain. According to an...
by Collectif | 1 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
The American company, 23andMe, which sells genetic tests to private individuals on the Internet, has relocated to Canada. The saliva tests to be returned to the company by consumers in order to obtain information on their family tree and predisposition to...
by Collectif | 1 Oct, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 23 September, the Spanish Government announced its withdrawal of the draft bill aimed at limiting recourse to abortion (Gènéthique press review on September 23rd, 2014). This withdrawal led those in favour of the bill to accuse the Government of...
by Collectif | 30 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
The Cerba laboratory, which has developed the new non-invasive screening test (NIPS) for Down syndrome in France, just announced the results of its SEDHA clinical trial on 30 September: the sensitivity of the test exceeded 99% for 907 women considered to be at...
by Collectif | 30 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 10 November 2010, Mrs. Gross, a Swiss lady in her eighties, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the basis that several doctors had refused to give her a lethal dose of medication. In actual fact she was not suffering from any disease. This...
by Collectif | 29 Sep, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
“We have entered the eugenics century” according to Laurent Alexandre, head of a DNA sequencing company and advocate of transhumanism, in an interview for the www.usbek-et-rica.fr blog. The “turning point in history” is marked by the arrival...