by Collectif | 11 Oct, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Sunday 7 October, "around 2,000 people demonstrated to call for a total ban on abortion, at a time when the Conservative Spanish government is preparing a law restricting the current legislation, adopted in 2010 by the Socialists." The spokesperson of the...
by Collectif | 11 Oct, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
After being awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2012, the British biologist John B. Gurdon said that he was "immensely honoured to be awarded this spectacular recognition, and delighted to be due to receive it with Shinya Yamanaka, whose work has brought the...
by Collectif | 13 Sep, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
In order to obtain a clearer understanding of the functioning of the human genome, a scientific project called ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) has led to the publication of 30 articles in several scientific journals: Nature, Genome Biology and Genome Research....
by Collectif | 26 Jun, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In an article published in the Hunffington Post, an Italian lawyer ponders the impact of the Oliver Brüstle / Greenpeace eV ruling about the Italian legislation concerning abortion. In 1978, Italy decided on "a legal status for the right to voluntary...
by Collectif | 24 Jun, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Thursday 31 May 2012, a federal bill presented by the Republican representative Trent Francks from Arizona aimed at prohibiting abortions for the purposes of “sex selection” was rejected by the House of Representatives, which has a Republican majority....
by Collectif | 21 Jun, 2012 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Until today, assisted suicide has been authorized in Switzerland but without any regulations in force. On 17 June 2012, the Swiss canton of Vaud "overwhelmingly approved by a vote the setting up of a legal framework for assisted suicide in medical-social...