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Treating genetic pathologies in utero?

Researchers have developed a new form of gene therapy in mice using the CRISPR technique. This would make it possible to cure genetic disorders by repairing mutations in the foetal

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

Irish hospital posts not open to doctors who are conscientious objectors

The National Maternity Hospital (NMH) on Holles Street, Dublin, has just launched the recruitment of two doctors, an anaesthetist and an obstetrician-gynaecologist. The hospital announced that these positions would only

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7 March 2019
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Embryo research and alternatives

“Universal” iPS cells to bypass graft rejection

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) used CRISPR-Cas9 to create induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) which are “invisible” to the immune system, thus preventing the potential for

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7 March 2019
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“I had no right to say I wasn’t doing well”: A bereaved father recalls his partner’s two miscarriages

“I want to share the loss of two babies in utero at six-and-a-half months and eight months of pregnancy”. More than ten years after the events, a family man shares

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

Switzerland: a petition for information on “emotional distress” after an abortion

In Switzerland, a petition launched yesterday for information on all aspects of abortion collected 25,000 signatures. “The public, and in particular young adults, should be better informed about the negative consequences of

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7 March 2019
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Genome

The genetic modification of Chinese twins may have affected their brains

The brains of twins whose genes were modified by CRISPR-Cas9 before birth, a change they will pass on to future generations, may have been impacted by the procedure.   New

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7 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Fertility fraud: are incriminated doctors protected by the law on sperm donor anonymity?

John Coates, a fertility doctor in Vermont, in the United States, is accused of using his own sperm to fertilise one of his patients’ eggs in the 1970s. Following a

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26 February 2019
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Utah: bill to ban abortion if Down syndrome is the reason

On 6 February, in the US state of Utah, a Senate committee approved a bill banning abortions following positive diagnosis of Down syndrome. This legislation had already been discussed in

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26 February 2019
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    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
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    • Transhumanism
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