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MAP – Surrogacy

An American Company promoting surrogacy wants to extend its influence in Europe

Last Tuesday, Extraordinary Conceptions, an American company based in southern California and specialising in promoting contacts with a view to surrogacy, announced its intention to set up a Spanish office

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15 September 2017
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

In the United States, Kentucky could become the only State without an abortion clinic

In southern USA, a 3-day trial is under way between the State of Kentucky and the EMW Women’s Surgical Center. The State called for the establishment to be closed due

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15 September 2017
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Organ donation

Pre-mortem organ donor preparation must not obscure ethical questions regarding death with dignity

Up until a few years ago, end-of-life medical procedures were focused on the patient’s best interests. Today, the increasing demand for transplant organs has warranted more donors. At the same

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15 September 2017
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End of life

The story of Doctor Owen, who communicates with patients in a vegetative state

Doctor Adrian Owen, “a famous English neuroscientist”, who carries out research at the University of Western Ontario, in Canada, has devised a method to allow patients in a vegetative state [1] to

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12 September 2017
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

A new technique to sort human and animal embryos

  Scientists at Adelaide University (Southern Australia) have published a study on a new pre-implantation screening technique in the  Human Reproduction journal. This technique sorts embryos at an early stage, based

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12 September 2017
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Embryo research and alternatives

Parkinson’s disease and iPS cells: encouraging results in monkeys

A study published on Wednesday, in the Nature journal, by Japanese scientists, highlights “promising” research in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). These reprogrammed human adult cells

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12 September 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

MAP subject to epigenetics test

In the light of recent studies, Bioethics scientists at Montreal University voiced their concerns about “potential epigenetic risks associated with [1] medically assisted procreation” in a special edition of the Journal

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12 September 2017
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Organ donation

Heading towards organ transplants from genetically modified pigs?

Scientists led by two Harvard University geneticists, George Church and Luhan Yang[1], have genetically modified porcine embryos in order to make their organs compatible for human transplantation in the future.

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12 September 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
    • Embryo research and alternatives
    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
  • Contact
  • About & legals
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