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Organ donation

Harvesting of organs in France: developments in the Maastricht III protocol

Since 2014, France has authorised the harvesting of organs from donors who die from circulatory arrest following a decision to reduce or stop treatment in an intensive care unit. More

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11 June 2018
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Transhumanism

China: smart cameras monitor concentration of high school pupils

At Hangzhou Number High School in eastern China, artificial intelligence monitors the attention span of pupils and provides feedback to the teacher. In fact, the school management has had three

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11 June 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

United States: federal funds no longer used to fund abortion clinics

This law dates back to former President Ronald Reagan, but has never been applied (see United States: strengthening the Mexico policy). Today, the US Secretary of Health unveils the new

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11 June 2018
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Has the constitutional principle of dignity from which bioethics laws originate come to its end?

The objective principle of dignity limits and supervises law. However, weakened by the legal evolutions that have let in so many inconsistencies, will this principle still be able to act

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11 June 2018
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End of life

Brain dead young boy wakes up 24 hours before he was set to be taken off life support

Trenton McKinley, a 13-year-old American boy from Mobile, Alabama, was involved in a horrifying accident two months ago. The small trailer in which he was playing with his friends, pulled

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30 May 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Seventeen British sperm donors have fathered more than five hundred children between them

Five hundred children fathered by just seventeen men[1]—these new figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) highlight a significant risk of incest and gene defects. In fact, siblings

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30 May 2018
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Genome

Could criminals alter their own DNA using CRISPR kits to evade justice?

Wanted criminals could alter their own DNA through over-the-counter kits which use the CRISPR technique[1]. Created to combat certain hereditary diseases such as sickle cell anaemia, cystic fibrosis and muscular

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30 May 2018
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Genome

Genetic testing paid for by US companies

In addition to a salary and paid leave, every company offers incentives intended to attract and retain their employees to safeguard talent for the future. In the US where medical

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30 May 2018
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
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    • Transhumanism
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