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![A paralysed man walks again following a nerve cell transplant](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/09_science_general_1-1-566x675.jpg)
A paralysed man walks again following a nerve cell transplant
In Poland, a British team led by Dr. Pawel Tabakow at the University of Wroclaw, has succeeded in making a man paralysed as far as his waist to walk again. According to an article published in the scientific journal, Cell Transplantation, the 40 year-old male who...
![The Holy See at the UN: “Too many children are deprived of the right to life”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/55_onu_0-1.jpg)
The Holy See at the UN: “Too many children are deprived of the right to life”
Before the third commission of the 69th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on 17 October 2014 on the subject of children’s rights, Monsignor Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the United Nations (New-York), reminded delegates that...
![Jacques Testart: the freezing of oocytes – “extreme liberalism applied to procreation”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/04_pma_3.jpg)
Jacques Testart: the freezing of oocytes – “extreme liberalism applied to procreation”
Female employees who wish to pursue their careers are currently being offered finance by Facebook (soon to be followed by Apple) to freeze their oocytes – a practice deemed to be fairly controversial, (Gènéthique press reviews on October 15th, 2014, on October 17th,...
![Swedish feminists condemn surrogacy and the “right to have a child”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/17_gpa_3.jpg)
Swedish feminists condemn surrogacy and the “right to have a child”
In Sweden, feminists are calling for the condemnation of surrogacy due to related health risks and the fact that it violates the fundamental rights of poor women. For them, authorising surrogacy is tantamount to "using women’s bodies and their...
![The success of a clinical trial with embryo stem cells that does not mask the dynamism of iPS](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01bis_embryon-1080x675.jpg)
The success of a clinical trial with embryo stem cells that does not mask the dynamism of iPS
The clinical trial authors aiming to improve the vision of patients suffering from eye diseases by transplanting embryo stem cells have published their results (in English) in The Lancet, a British medical journal. The 18 patients who participated in the...
![A convincing clinical trial brings embryonic stem cells back into the race with iPS cells](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_recherche_cellulessouches-1.jpg)
A convincing clinical trial brings embryonic stem cells back into the race with iPS cells
This week the Lancet published an article1 that has had a significant impact in the scientific community, in particular researchers interested in the potential of stem cells. Essentially, Robert Lanza's team at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) has for the first time...
![Laurent Alexandre: the freezing of oocytes, “one step further towards embryo selection”](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/09_pma_prelevement-ovocytes_1-1.jpg)
Laurent Alexandre: the freezing of oocytes, “one step further towards embryo selection”
This week, the television channel, NBC News, disclosed that Facebook and Apple were financing the freezing of employees’ oocytes in order to delay pregnancies (Gènéthique press review on October 15th, 2014). Across the Atlantic, this technique is claimed to have...
![Texas – restriction on abortion: blocked by the Supreme Court](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/justice_usa_0.jpg)
Texas – restriction on abortion: blocked by the Supreme Court
Latest news on the draft bill restricting abortion in the State of Texas. With this new legislation, clinics carrying out abortions "should basically be subject to the same construction standards as hospitals in terms of surgical practices from this point...
![Freezing of oocytes: Facebook and Apple or transhumanism in action](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/07_pma_cryoconservation_3-566x675.jpg)
Freezing of oocytes: Facebook and Apple or transhumanism in action
Two multinational companies, Facebook and Apple, are financing the freezing of their employees’ ovules in order to delay their pregnancies. This new method of management, which is a contentious issue, has been uncovered by the American channel, NBC News. ...
![Transhumanism: between infatuation and fear – where is mankind heading?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05_robotique_0-1.jpg)
Transhumanism: between infatuation and fear – where is mankind heading?
In France, at the request of Semaines sociales de France, France Télévision and La Croix, Crédoc (Research Centre for Studying and Observing living conditions) carried out a survey on transhumanism in order to establish how the French people felt about...
![The number of cases of euthanasia are increasing in the Netherlands](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_fin_de_vie_seringue_2-1.jpg)
The number of cases of euthanasia are increasing in the Netherlands
According to the latest official statistics, the number of cases of euthanasia increased by 15% between 2012 and 2013, with 4,829 cases being reported. And this increase has continued since 2009, rising from 13% between 2008 and 2009 to 18% between 2010 and 2011....
![Contraception: American paediatricians promote the intra-uterine device](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13_medecin_1-1.jpg)
Contraception: American paediatricians promote the intra-uterine device
The Federal American Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recently been involved in a battle against unwanted pregnancies in minors. They have currently joined forces with the American Pediatric Society. According to the Pediatrics journal, "there’s...