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A conference organised on the Spanish draft abortion bill
Last week, a conference on the draft bill focusing on the "protection of the life of the unborn child and the rights of pregnant women" was held in the Spanish Parliament in the presence of 150 representatives of 16 European and South American* countries, not to...
Bio-printing – a new communication tool between patients and medical personnel
A study conducted by the Urology Department at the Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, United States), published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (the public centre for information on molecular biology), is another example of how...
1st baby born by PGD in Ireland
The Cork Fertility Centre has just confirmed the birth on 27 June 2014 of the first Irish baby born according to the pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) technique at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). This technique stems from the creation of...
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[Unveiling] Are the stem cells created by cloning “better” than IPS cells?
A study conducted by a so-called "therapeutic" cloning sponsor (Gènéthique press review of May 5th, 2014), published in Nature, compares human pluripotent stem cells and concludes that stem cells created by cloning are superior to the widely used iPS cells...
Post-mortem sperm donation: hidden issues
In 2010, in the United States, Niklas Evans was the victim of an attack following which he entered a coma and died ten days later. Missy Evans, his mother, asked the hospital to collect his sperm in order for him to father a child posthumously with a surrogate mother....
A foetus, victim of involuntary manslaughter: the Tarbes Criminal Court finds common sense
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...
Embryo research: the domino effect of liberalisation
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 surprising that an ethics...
Theory of the gender in France: the governmental obstinacy despite the citizens’ rejection
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...
Prof. Steven Laureys Interview (1) : “Impaired consciousness after acquired brain injury: current state of science” (2)
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...
A euthanasia manual
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....
Cell therapy for heart disease and therapeutic cloning: will embryos re-enter the stem cell race?
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 scientific...
Italy: a hospital swaps embryos between two couples
On Sunday 13 April, the Italian Ministry for Health announced the launch of an audit at the Sandro-Pertini Hospital in Rome following the revelation by the newspaper, La Stampa, of an embryo swap between two couples during an in-vitro fertilisation procedure. ...