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Genome

“CRISPR kits” sold by a biohacker

Former NASA employee, Josiah Zayner, “has become the biohacker on everyone’s lips” after experimenting on himself. Following the transplantation of faecal matter in 2016, he talked about “injecting himself with a

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11 December 2017
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Prenatal diagnosis

“No-one should be afraid of having a child with Down syndrome”

In the United Kingdom, Louise Johnson decided to speak out and make society more aware of Down syndrome.    Six years ago, she gave birth to twins, Thomas and Jacob,

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11 December 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

Embryo donation – not such a “rosy” practice

In Australia, excess embryos generated through a medically assisted procreation programme can be “donated” to an infertile couple without the procedure having to remain anonymous. For Natalie Parker and her

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11 December 2017
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End of life

Australia: the State of Victoria legalises assisted suicide

This Wednesday, a controversial law on “assisted death” was adopted following a “rigorous debate” in the Australian State of. This will take effect in June 2019. This is the first

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11 December 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

A surrogate mother “database” in the Netherlands?

A Dutch fertility expert, gynaecologist Roel Schats[1], is calling for the introduction of a “surrogate mother database“. This register would list women agreeing to carry a child for infertile couples. 

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11 December 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

English legal system facing increasing complex family cases

In England, a Family Court judge, Mr. MacDonald, has noted that judges have to rule on increasingly complex family situations: “Judges, practitioners and professionals are more and more concerned with cases

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11 December 2017
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End of life

Palliative care: “Sometimes, all it takes is empathy”

In Brisbane (Queensland), Australia, two paramedics transporting a “terminally ill female patient” admitted to a palliative care unit, responded to her wish to “see the sea one last time“. When

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6 December 2017
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Cloning

Dog clones and “reclones” – are they in good health?

Based on cells taken from Snuppy, “the first dog cloned ten years ago,”, a team comprising South Korean and American scientists [1] successfully “recloned” four puppies” a few years ago. Snuppy had

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6 December 2017
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Bioethics News - 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
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  • About & legals
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