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Transhumanism

Artificial intelligence in medicine: regulations at the heart of the debate

Although the States General on Bioethics consultation, which has just drawn to a close, highlighted numerous claims in terms of medically assisted reproduction and euthanasia, issues relating to the introduction

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14 May 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Italy refuses to register a baby born through medically assisted reproduction to same-sex female couple

In Italy, a lesbian couple has been unable to register the birth of their baby at the public records office. Chiara Foglietta, a municipal councillor for the city of Turin,

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14 May 2018
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Potential authorisation of genetic analyses on the deceased?

Put forward by Senator Alain Milon on 5 February 2018, a draft bill aimed at authorising genetic analyses on deceased persons” could be examined in a public session on 6

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14 May 2018
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Prenatal diagnosis

Boy or girl? The number of selective abortions could rise with new test delivering reliable results from the 8th week of pregnancy

A Brazilian team at the Sabin Laboratory in Brasilia, keen to extend the use of NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing) which already covers Down syndrome and two other genetic diseases, has

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14 May 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Medically assisted reproduction in the US – increasing numbers of thawed embryos

According to SART data[1], 71,296 babies were born following IVF treatment in 377 US clinics in 2016. At least 242,618 IVF cycles would have been required to generate this number

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14 May 2018
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End of life

Alfie – permanent ban on transfer to Italy – parents want to take Alfie home

On Wednesday evening, Judge Hayden once again rejected the parents’ appeal and turned down the offer from the hospital in Rome to treat the sick toddler. “Alfie is dying”, he

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14 May 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Tennessee: Senate approves memorial for abortion victims

Following in the footsteps of the Tennessee State House, the Senate has approved the erection of a monument “in memory of abortion victims” by twenty-three votes to three.   Although

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14 May 2018
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Prenatal diagnosis

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) available in Wales from Monday

Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, wants Wales “to show the way” by making NIPT [1] available to pregnant women from next Monday. This new test is used to accurately diagnose genetic

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14 May 2018
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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
  • Contact
  • About & legals
  • Cookie policy (EU)
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