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Embryo research and alternatives

Japan: a positive first global clinical trial with iPS

In Japan, the five patients with age-related macular degeneration, who received the first induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) transplant in March 2017, “have all endured the surgery well“. The announcement

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6 May 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Women in their forties exploited by the UK’s reproductive business

Older women in the United Kingdom are reportedly being exploited by in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics “trading on hope“. These conclusions by the fertility observatory at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology

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6 May 2019
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Towards self-powered pacemakers implanted for life?

A new pacemaker model described in the journal Nature Communications has been successfully tested in pigs. The specific feature of this pacemaker is that it draws its energy from the

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6 May 2019
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End of life

Vincent Lambert: cessation of care validated by the French Council of State

The French Council of State today decided to validate the medical decision to “terminate the treatment” of Vincent Lambert, who has been in a vegetative state for the past ten

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6 May 2019
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Organ donation

3D printing of human organs: a step forward

A German team working on 3D bioprinting of human organs has developed a technique to obtain a “detailed blueprint” of organs to accurately reproduce their structure.   Led by Ali

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6 May 2019
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Transforming brain signals into words to give back a voice to people who have lost it

People who have lost the ability to speak due to a stroke, cerebral palsy, Charcot’s disease, Alzheimer’s, brain damage, cancer, etc. may soon regain their voice. Researchers at the University

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6 May 2019
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Autonomous robotic catheter navigation in pig hearts

Bioengineers at Boston’s Children’s Hospital have developed a catheter “capable of autonomous navigation in the body,” which has been tested in pigs. Able to steer using an optical touch sensor

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6 May 2019
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All other themes

Hundreds of teenagers are given puberty blockers

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust clinic in London offers a gender identity development service. Five doctors have just resigned “due to concerns over the treatment of children presenting

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6 May 2019
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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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