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End of life

United Kingdom: A new Charlie Gard case?

In London, a couple is fighting to keep their eight-month-old son alive. Isaiah Hasstrup  suffered brain damage at birth, and was placed on an artificial respirator at King’s College Hospital.

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29 November 2017
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Abortion: a Californian law comes before the United States Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court has just announced that, in early 2018, it will hear an appeal against a Californian law which obliges “private anti-abortion organisations”  to inform pregnant women

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29 November 2017
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Organ donation

Canada: legislation governing paediatric organ donation after circulatory death

Canada has just published “initial guidelines regarding paediatric organ donation after circulatory death” in the scientific “Pediatric Critical Care Medicine” journal.    When “some patients have significant brain damage“, “doctors

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29 November 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

Over 100 Irish children born through surrogacy abroad since 2010

During the last decade, over 100 babies born through surrogacy in India, Ukraine and Thailand have entered Ireland with their intended parents through emergency travel certificates. Thirty-two children were affected

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29 November 2017
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Genome

Administering CRISPR via nanoparticles, an approach that has proved its worth

To correct cholesterol levels and treat liver diseases, American scientists have combined nanotechnologies and the genome editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9[1]. They have produced nanoparticles to transport CRISPR and permanently and specifically

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29 November 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

IVF: study in favour of single embryo transfer

During the meeting of the  American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in early November, the results of a study undertaken by the universities of Colorado and Duke were presented to delegates.

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29 November 2017
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Genome

Genome editing: the first patient is treated in California

In California, the first patient has been treated by editing his own gene in order to correct a gene permanently in his liver cells.   Brian Madeux, aged 44, is

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28 November 2017
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Embryo research and alternatives

AMD: Results of trials based on human embryo stem cells

The results of two clinical trials using human embryonic stem cells to treat AMD [1] have just been presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The cells

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28 November 2017
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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
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  • About & legals
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