by Alexis DUPORT | 1 Nov, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
Within this period of the year, you are a number to ask questions about the ethical scope of certain scientific choice of the AFM. This is a short reminder of lasts facts. September 2007: inauguration of the Institute of human embryonic stem cells, I-STEM...
by Alexis DUPORT | 1 Nov, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
After the adoption of the law relative to immigration which authorises the recourse to DNA tests for the candidates wanting to join their family, the mass media dedicated a number of files to the temptation of the genetic “all” and to the financial stakes of these...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Aug, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
British authorisation In May 2007, British government authorised the creation of “man-animal” hybrid embryos (see Gènéthique No 89, May 2007). The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has just accepted that some research laboratories produce these...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Aug, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
Extended Preimplantation Diagnosis For the first time, the resort to preimplantation diagnosis (PGD) has just been authorised by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to select an embryo free from genes predisposing to breast and ovarian cancer. This...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Jul, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
A disaster! We want to give “rights” to animals, as Human rights! Why? Dealing with this issue, the authors, a philosopher and a journalist, deeply wonder about the difference between humans and animals. What they discovered upsets our ideas and raises the alarm for...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Jul, 2007 | Gènéthique informs you
The disrupted reproduction Before, all seemed to be simple: reproduction was the result of sexuality and the foetus developed in the mysterious maternal womb. Breaking with age-old unknown and fatalism, today, foetal medicine allows knowing all the details...