by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In the Netherlands, the Dutch medical complaints board has formally reprimanded a doctor who performed euthanasia on a patient with severe dementia. Diagnosed five years earlier, the 74-year-old woman had issued advance directives explaining that she did not want to...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
An international team of researchers led by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz at Cambridge University claims to be very close to the creation of artificial embryos. Using murine stem cells, the scientists have produced artificial structures resembling embryos, which...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | GMO
On 25 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the status of new gene-editing techniques in living organisms. It estimated that plants “improved” with the new genetic techniques were not to be exempt from current legislation. ...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“Who do I look like?”—a question often asked by individuals born through sperm donation. Marion Tièche, a psychologist specialising in adoption and medically assisted reproduction, explains the relevance of knowing your origins from a psychological...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 5 Oct, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In May 2014, J.J. Hanson, married with two children, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme stage 4 tumour and given just four months to live. Following his diagnosis, he became president of the Patients’ Rights’ Action Fund, an association...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 2 Aug, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the US, the increase in the number of frozen embryos, currently amounting to millions, inevitably leads to disputes surrounding their fate. Judges have often, although not always, ruled in favour of the person who refused to consent to the embryos being used,...