by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Dieter Egli, a biologist at Columbia University in New York, is conducting experiments with CRISPR on human embryos to “one day” prevent the occurrence of hereditary diseases, specifically retinitis pigmentosa. His research seeks to establish whether...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Following in the footsteps of Wales in 2015, Scotland and the United Kingdom are in the process of changing their organ donation schemes to a presumed consent system. The UK House of Lords approved the law on 31 January while in Scotland, the draft law under...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 2 February, Pope Francis told the world that there is an “absolute duty to defend life”. On the eve of the 43rd annual Day for Life, he addressed a delegation from the Italian Pro-Life Movement at the Vatican. The Supreme Pontiff made an urgent...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Danielle Teuscher, a 30-year-old single American mother, underwent a genetic test for herself and her daughter Zoe, conceived five years ago using sperm donation. The gamete donation came from Northwest Cryobank, a sperm bank that guarantees donor anonymity under...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
IVF increases the risk of serious complications on delivery such as sepsis, bleeding or ICU admission by 40%. A Canadian study has just published this figure. The team of researchers at McGill University in Canada followed up 60,000 women, 11,500 of whom had conceived...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 19 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On 4 February 2019 in Atlanta, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against an Atlanta sperm bank accused of having “fraudulently promoted a donor as healthy and highly educated when he was actually a schizophrenic convicted felon who dropped...