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Cloning

A police dog cloned in China

Chinese researchers at Yunnan University and the biotechnology company Sinogene claim to have cloned a police dog to reduce how long it takes to train these dogs and the associated

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1 April 2019
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$29 million to establish a Down syndrome research centre

The Alana Foundation, based in São Paulo, Brazil, has just donated $28.6 million to MIT[1][1][1]. MIT announced on Wednesday that this donation will be used to establish the Alana Down

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1 April 2019
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End of life

The United Kingdom’s Royal College of Physicians adopts a ‘neutral’ stance on assisted dying

After failing to obtain a 60% majority of doctors against assisted dying, the Royal College of Physicians has abandoned its opposition to this practice and adopted a neutral stance on

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1 April 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Frozen embryos: “It’s not an item in storage, it’s a life!”

A woman from Massachusetts, USA, has sued the fertility clinic that froze her embryo for 13 years without her knowledge. Marisa Cloutier-Bristol and her first husband apparently dreamt of having

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1 April 2019
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Embryo research and alternatives

Human-embryo trafficking between Malaysia and India: dismantling a network

On 15 March, Indian police intercepted a man at Bombay airport. He was carrying a nitrogen-packed canister that turned out to contain human embryos. The arrested man, Partiban Durai, admitted

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1 April 2019
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Genome

The WHO is to create an international registry of genome-editing research

The WHO expert advisory committee on genome editing recently met in Geneva for two days (see Genetically Modified Babies: WHO launches ethics committee). It has called for an international registry of

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1 April 2019
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Telemedicine: California man learns he is dying from a doctor on robot video

“We knew this was going to happen and that he was very sick, but the news can’t be given that way, somebody should have told us in person and not

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25 March 2019
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

FDA targets online abortion pill providers

In the United States, recent laws restricting access to abortion have given rise to a large number of websites selling abortion pills of questionable origin online. On Tuesday, the FDA

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25 March 2019
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
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