by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
The Cork Fertility Centre has just confirmed the birth on 27 June 2014 of the first Irish baby born according to the pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) technique at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). This technique stems from the creation of...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
A study conducted by the Urology Department at the Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, United States), published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (the public centre for information on molecular biology), is another example of how...
by Collectif | 7 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Last week, a conference on the draft bill focusing on the “protection of the life of the unborn child and the rights of pregnant women” was held in the Spanish Parliament in the presence of 150 representatives of 16 European and South American*...
by Collectif | 6 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In 2010, in the United States, Niklas Evans was the victim of an attack following which he entered a coma and died ten days later. Missy Evans, his mother, asked the hospital to collect his sperm in order for him to father a child posthumously with a surrogate mother....
by Collectif | 13 Apr, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Sunday 13 April, the Italian Ministry for Health announced the launch of an audit at the Sandro-Pertini Hospital in Rome following the revelation by the newspaper, La Stampa, of an embryo swap between two couples during an in-vitro fertilisation procedure. ...
by Collectif | 11 Oct, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 18 October, "the first private clinic to carry out abortions in Northern Ireland will open in Belfast." In a press release, the Marie Stopes Foundation, which will be managing the clinic, states that "the clinic will carry out abortions within the...