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MAP – Surrogacy

IVF: a new sperm selection tool

A team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in conjunction with Stanford University has developed a sperm-sorting device to select the “healthiest” sperm for in-vitro fertilisation. Known as “SPARTAN” – Simple Periodic

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15 January 2018
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Embryo research and alternatives

Eye cell therapy: discoveries based on induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

Studies just published in the Cell Reports journal by scientists at the National Eye Institute (one of America’s national health institutes) and the Molecular Physiology Institute at Johannes-Gutenberg University, Germany, “could

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15 January 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Surrogacy abroad. French clientele

In France and without any official figures to back their findings, the main associations promoting the legalisation of surrogacy [1] believe that approximately 370 couples or single people had babies via

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15 January 2018
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End of life

Belgium: resignation from the Commission for Euthanasia Control

In Belgium, a decision taken by the Commission fédérale de contrôle de l’euthanasie (CFCEE – Federal Commission for Euthanasia Control) has led to the resignation of one of its members

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15 January 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Surrogacy abroad. “An attempt to go through the window when the door is firmly closed”

In Singapore, a man’s application to adopt his biological son born through surrogacy in the United States, has been rejected. The court held that “the steps allowing him to have

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15 January 2018
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Can CRISPR prevent hearing loss?

In the journal Nature, Professor David Liu and his colleagues report that one injection of a  “genome editing cocktail” prevented hearing loss in young mice that would otherwise have gone deaf.

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8 January 2018
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End of life

“For the elderly, life expectancy is less important than quality of life”

In 2014 and 2015 in Belgium, “62.8% of euthanasia cases involved individuals over 70 years of age“. The proportion of deaths by euthanasia has increased in retirement homes from 5%

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8 January 2018
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In Quebec, assisted suicide meets with reluctance from doctors

In the Laval region of Quebec, 77% of doctors who received a medically assisted dying request, “invoked conscientious objection”. Surveys “carried out during assisted dying debates” showed that, although the doctors

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8 January 2018
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Conscientious objection
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    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
  • Contact
  • About & legals
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