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GMO babies: China adopts new regulations

Following the “GMO babies affair” (see GMO babies: guinea pigs against their will), China has drawn up new regulations for genetic research. These regulations make provision to classify as “high risk” all

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11 March 2019
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Prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal whole exome sequencing “raises major ethical issues”

Ultrasound can detect certain malformations and anomalies in foetal development. In this case, we can look for a genetic cause using karyotyping[1] and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA)[2]. In about 38%

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

Alaskan judge strikes down law to deregulate “non-medically necessary” abortions

Adopted in 2014, the law argued that “the state should not be required to pay for elective abortions”. On this basis, “medically necessary” abortions were defined as those that could

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7 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Man continues to donate sperm samples after fathering 38 children

In his home town, he is known as the “Sperminator”. A New Yorker who has already fathered three children with his wife, donates his sperm free of charge to any

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7 March 2019
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Embryo research and alternatives

iPS cells and spinal-cord injuries: approval for the first Japanese clinical trial

In Japan, a clinical trial is being prepared to treat spinal-cord injuries with induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Some two million iPS cells will be transplanted into the spine of

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

Will there be a bill in Indiana to protect pharmacists’ freedom of conscience?

In the US state of Indiana, a law could allow pharmacists to refuse to give women abortion pills on ethical or religious grounds.   The proposal was approved by a

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

Abortion in the Netherlands: on the increase and for older women

The report on abortion in the Netherlands in 2017 by the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd, IGJ) has just been published. Significant developments include:  

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7 March 2019
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In utero surgery enables a baby to be born healthy

A foetus with a severe immune deficiency has benefited from in utero hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. The operation took place in July 2015, following a risk of mother-to-child transmission of toxoplasmosis.

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

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Bioethics law
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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
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  • About & legals
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