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![Study on drug induced abortion: “I never experienced anything so painfull in my life. A pain impossible to descibe.”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/23_pilule_abortive_7.jpg)
Study on drug induced abortion: “I never experienced anything so painfull in my life. A pain impossible to descibe.”
This morning, the Fondation de L’Avenir made public the results of a study led in 11 hospital centres that included 453 women, to assess the levels of pain caused by abortion. A subject that is very rarely studied. Today in France, with over 220 000 every year,...
![The Council of Europe opposed to genetic discrimination](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/dna-163466_960_720.jpg)
The Council of Europe opposed to genetic discrimination
At the end of October, the Council of Europe adopted a Recommandation that aims at banning genetic testing for insurance purposes. Through this text, the Council of Europe calls upon the governments of its member states to “guarantee the absence of discriminations,...
![Colorado approves the proposal for a “right to die”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10_fin_de_vie_23.jpg)
Colorado approves the proposal for a “right to die”
Colorado has just approved "proposal 106" aimed at allowing the terminally ill with less than six months to live to obtain drugs to end their lives. Colorado is the sixth American state to have initiated a legal process for the terminally ill. Pro-euthanasia...
![Hwang Woo-Suk persists and files a patent on a line of human embryo stem cells](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06_clonage_23.jpg)
Hwang Woo-Suk persists and files a patent on a line of human embryo stem cells
The controversial Korean scientist, Hwang Woo-Suk, has filed a patent on a line of human embryo stem cells called NT1 at the American Patent and Trademark Office. This patent does not represent "a scientific validation of his work", but "a claim by Hwang that he has...
![Infertility: an equation to find the “perfect sperm”?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sperm-956480_960_720-960x675.jpg)
Infertility: an equation to find the “perfect sperm”?
British scientists at Birmingham University have formulated an equation to find "the perfect sperm". The algebraic equation describes the efficacy of the sperm targeting the egg, bearing in mind factors such as the length of its tail and the speed at which it moves....
![CRISPR : a potential remedy for sickle cell anaemia?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10_science_general-1-1080x675.jpg)
CRISPR : a potential remedy for sickle cell anaemia?
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have used the CRISPR-Cas9 tool to repair the gene responsible for sickle cell anaemia, thereby creating a potential avenue to cure the disease, which affects almost 5 million people worldwide. Dr. Matthew...
![Zika: an antibody to protect babies during pregnancy?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/g_0_0.png)
Zika: an antibody to protect babies during pregnancy?
At Saint-Louis in Missouri, scientists at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified an antibody capable of preventing transmission of the Zika virus from mother to baby during pregnancy. This antibody of human origin called "ZIKV-117", was...
![The Netherlands: failed campaign to boost organ donation](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/organes_5.jpg)
The Netherlands: failed campaign to boost organ donation
The Dutch Government is considering changing the system of organ donation to overcome the shortage of donors. To this end, a draft law is currently being examined to switch from express consent to presumed consent, i.e. "yes unless stipulated otherwise". At the...
![A miscarriage can trigger post-traumatic stress](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sad-505857_960_720.jpg)
A miscarriage can trigger post-traumatic stress
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open, women may suffer post-traumatic stress after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. Study Director, Jessica Farren, from Imperial College London, focused on 113 women who recently had a miscarriage...
![Poland: new draft bill to encourage women to keep their children](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/flag-1488032_1280-1080x675.jpg)
Poland: new draft bill to encourage women to keep their children
In Poland, at the beginning of November, Parliament adopted a draft bill to encourage Polish women to keep their babies, even if "irreversible handicap or incurable disease" were detected during pregnancy. Incurable disease is one of the few situations in which...
![Two forms of artificial intelligence have communicated without being understood by humans](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16_transhumanisme_5_0.jpg)
Two forms of artificial intelligence have communicated without being understood by humans
In the Google Laboratories, "Google Brain" scientists appear to have been surpassed by their creation. In fact, Martin Abada and David G. Andersen published the results of their studies in an article on protecting encoded messages between "neuronal networks". In...
![Brussels: a “télédon” to register people for organ donation](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_don_dorganes_4_0.jpg)
Brussels: a “télédon” to register people for organ donation
The first edition of the "Télédon" will be organised in Wallonia and Brussels in March 2017. The purpose of this is to register people for organ and blood donations. In preparation for this Télédon, an organ and blood donation awareness campaign will be held...