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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

United States: the Health Minister acknowledges the fact that life begins at conception

In his strategic plan for 2018-2022, the American Health Minister “recognised the fact that life begins at conception“. The current strategic plan drafted under the Obama administration, seeks to accomplish

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30 October 2017
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Embryo research and alternatives

Regenerate a weak heart by gene therapy?

Gene therapy has restored virtually normal contractile function in mice with heart failure, bringing fresh hope of “regenerating a weak [human] heart“. An American team is responsible for this “spectacular

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30 October 2017
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End of life

Life support machine switched off without consent: wife issues proceedings

Doris Spence, wife of Johnnie Frank Spence, “is claiming damages of $100,000 on his behalf and on behalf of seven members of Johnnie Spence’s family” against the Winnipeg Health Authorities

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30 October 2017
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Embryo research and alternatives

Create “artificial embryos” to bypass legislation

In an attempt to “bypass regulatory limits” regarding research into human embryos, teams of scientists are endeavouring to create embryo structures from stem cells. Following a similar protocol to that

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30 October 2017
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Organ donation

Iran: the legal sale of kidneys – “exploitation of the most vulnerable”

In Iran, the only country in the world to take this approach, a law has been passed to legalise the sale of kidneys. Since 1993, “30,000 kidney transplants” have been

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30 October 2017
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Genome

CRISPR: initial clinical trial in humans postponed until 2018

The American company, Editas[1], which “specialises in the development of genome editing therapy” must “demonstrate that its molecular scissors [CRISPR Cas9] are adequately developed in order to launch clinical trials

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30 October 2017
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Prenatal diagnosis

Zika: Efficacy of antenatal diagnosis and abortion

Published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, a study led by Professor Mehdi Mejdoubi presents the follow-up results recorded in 103 new-born infants born “to women infected

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30 October 2017
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Genome

United States: market launch of second gene therapy

On 18 October, the American Food and Drug Agency (FDA) authorised the market launch of gene therapy, Yescarta, to treat adults suffering from an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma –

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30 October 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
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    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
  • Contact
  • About & legals
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