by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Apr, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
Two particular cases have resulted recently in several publications that seem confuse the issue of the use of stem cells for therapeutic purposes: cell therapy for heart disease and “therapeutic” cloning. Gènéthique presents an insight into the...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Mar, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
according to Jacques Testart, pioneer of the MAP1 Jacques Testart, “scientific father” of the first test-tube baby in 1982, warns about the eugenics drifts of the pre-implantation diagnosis (PID). His last book “Faire des enfants...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Mar, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
On 21st March 2014, 3rd World Down Syndrome day, the Collectif les amis d’Eléonore organized at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (ESEC) a congress on Down syndrome. Danielle Moyse, philosopher, raised ethical questions about prenatal diagnosis...
by Alexis DUPORT | 28 Feb, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
In its last opinion(1) published in February 2014, the French National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE) wonders about the ethical issues raised by the resort to techniques of neuro-improvement in non-ill subjects. Olivier Rey, head of research at CNRS...
by Alexis DUPORT | 28 Feb, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
The media coverage of Vincent Lambert case keeps France breathless. Instrumentalisation or simple coincidence, whereas the Council of State (CE) will decide, by one month, about the passive euthanasia of V. Lambert, the Parliament will study the bill on...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Jan, 2014 | Gènéthique informs you
On Tuesday 28th January, French MPs voted, in first reading, with 359 votes against 24, the bill for equality between women and men. This way they endorse two controversial provisions: the suppression of the concept of distress to access to abortion, and...