by Alexis DUPORT | 8 Jul, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
A petition signed by over 260 scientists is calling for the European Commission to “carefully re-examine both the scientific dimension and management” of the Human Brain Project (HBP) – one of the two scientific projects supported by the European...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Jun, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
On June 18, 2014, a year after the liberalisation of embryo research, the INSERM Ethics Committee made public a “note1” in which one of its working groups regrets that “very little embryo research [is conducted] in France”. If it seems...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Jun, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
Tribune of Jerry Sainte-Rose, Honorary Advocate-General at the Court of Cassation and former State Councillor On January 20, 2012, a motorist lost control of his vehicle, mounted the pavement and knocked down a woman seven months pregnant. The unborn child, a...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 May, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
The bill “of orientation and programming for the reform of the school of the Republic” debated from March 2013 has just been adopted on 25thJune at second reading in the Senate. In particular it proposed teaching the theory of the gender at school. This theory, which...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 May, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
As part of a collection of books for young people, the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation has just published, in partnership with Gènéthique, a new euthanasia manual. This initiative was formed from the need for reference points to understand this complex and painful issue....
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 May, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
The Council of State listens today, Friday, June 20, to the Rapporteur’s conclusions and counsel’s arguments on Vincent Lambert. Contributions by the National Academy of Medicine, the National Council of the College of Physicians, the National Ethics Advisory...
