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![156 MPs sign petition to press government on medically assisted dying](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_fin_de_vie_seringue_41.jpg)
156 MPs sign petition to press government on medically assisted dying
On 1 March, 156 MPs[1], mainly from the majority party, published a forum in Le Monde, on the initiative of Jean-Louis Touraine, LRM MP and former member of the socialist party, calling for the immediate adoption of new end-of-life legislation. They believe that "it...
![Infertility: on the way to identifying how sperm moves?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/32_sperm_5.jpg)
Infertility: on the way to identifying how sperm moves?
Scientists at Gothenburg University in Sweden have identified a structure similar to a cork-screw at the end of the sperm flagellum. In a study published in the Nature journal, scientists were able to observe 3D images of individual structures in human sperm...
![China: man sentenced for abandoning frozen embryos](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20_cryoconservation-bis_12-1080x675.jpg)
China: man sentenced for abandoning frozen embryos
On 26 February, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing in the Chinese province of Jangsu announced a Xuanwu court decision in favour of a woman in a case involving the custody of her embryos. Judge Chen Wenjun, who presided over the case, found that the...
![At the end of life, some patients are less capable of making serious decisions than doctors think](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/02_fin_de_vie_soins_palliatifs_53.jpg)
At the end of life, some patients are less capable of making serious decisions than doctors think
End-stage cancer patients have to face difficult decisions: what treatment options should they choose to achieve their goals? When is it reasonable to stop treatment? A study published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry shows that these patients might be...
![Transgender breastfeeding: what happens to milk containing hormones?](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/baby-21167_1920-1080x675.jpg)
Transgender breastfeeding: what happens to milk containing hormones?
After six years of sex reassignment therapy and 3 months of high-dose hormones, this transgender man was able to breast feed her partner's baby for six weeks. “This case shows that, in some circumstances, transgender women can partake in modest but...
![Discovery of hormone promoting embryo implantation in the uterus](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/21_gpa_18-1080x675.jpg)
Discovery of hormone promoting embryo implantation in the uterus
Scientists at Edinburgh University have found that the hormone DHEA plays a key role "at the start of pregnancy when a fertilised egg becomes attached to the lining of the uterus.” This discovery could open up new avenues for fertility treatments. During...
![United States: Creation of man-sheep chimera embryos](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/lamb-1361703_960_720_0.jpg)
United States: Creation of man-sheep chimera embryos
American scientists have just announced that they have created sheep embryos containing human cells. These chimera embryos have a research focus because they are a potential source of human organs for transplantation. The aim is to offset the shortage of organ donors...
![70 young adults born through gamete donation try to trace their origins](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10_pma_don_sperme_anonyme.jpg)
70 young adults born through gamete donation try to trace their origins
Following in the footsteps of Arthur Kermalvezen, a young man born through artificial insemination who found his biological father through a DNA test[1], 70 members of the PMAnonyme Association [2] have set things in motion. They have sent saliva samples to the United...
![Japanese man allowed to keep his thirteen children born to surrogate mothers in Thailand](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/22_gpa_22-1080x675.jpg)
Japanese man allowed to keep his thirteen children born to surrogate mothers in Thailand
A "baby factory" was discovered in a Bangkok apartment in the summer of 2014. Common paternity was quickly established through DNA tests (see "Baby factory" in Thailand - doctor ready to give himself up to the police"). Wealthy Japanese heir, Mitsutoki Shigeta, has...
![Irish referendum on abortion – the process is under way](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-104260554_1.jpg)
Irish referendum on abortion – the process is under way
Ireland is to hold a referendum this year to finalise abortion legislation. The Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution, which bestows equivalent rights on mother and child, could be repealed to authorise abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy. The process is in...
![Retina scan used to test for cardiovascular diseases](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istock-509053702_3.jpg)
Retina scan used to test for cardiovascular diseases
Using artificial intelligence, scientists at Google's Health Tech subsidiary, Verily, can predict the risk of heart attack or stroke by looking at images of a patient's retina. They claim that they can predict with 70% reliability which individuals could suffer a...
![“MAP for all”: a “restraint solution” adopted by the ECHR](https://www.genethique.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cedh_2.jpg)
“MAP for all”: a “restraint solution” adopted by the ECHR
Last week, the ECHR ruled as inadmissible the case of Charron and Merle-Montet v. France, in which "two women demanded a ‘right to a child without a father’" (see "MAP for all": case deemed inadmissible by the ECHR). This judgement "should not be overestimated"...