by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
” Palliative care is a human right,” said Bishop Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, at a conference entitled ” Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Palliative Care and the End of Life “[1]in Doha, Qatar, on 22...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Cloning
Five cloned monkeys have been born at the Institute of Neurosciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai over the last six months. They were produced from the fibroblasts of a genetically modified adult Macaque monkey. Its BMAL1 gene, which helps regulate...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
A new “three-parent” pregnancy has been attempted by Spanish researchers. The 32 year-old pregnant woman is Greek. She has already had four attempts at IVF, all of which have failed. Directed by Nuno Costa-Borges, researchers at Embryotool, University of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In Ohio, eight new families are suing the Cleveland fertility clinic, which had allowed 4,000 frozen embryos to perish due to a lack of monitoring in March 2018 (see Ohio: Over 2,000 eggs and embryos potentially damaged The latest lawsuits were filed on Thursday for...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 4 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The provision of abortion services in Ireland is delayed due to the shortage of willing doctors and the lack of medical training. Voted last December following the May 2018 referendum, the law decriminalising abortion came into force on 1 January 2019. Only...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 4 Feb, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
Japanese researchers are about to start a clinical trial in cancer patients to assess treatment based on induced pluripotent stem cells, also known as iPS cells. This research is being conducted by Haruhiko Koseki of Riken research institute and Professor Yoshitaka...