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End of life

Assisted suicide: “Cooperative Last Will” halts sale of its “lethal powder”

In the Netherlands, the Public Prosecutor has instructed the Cooperative Last Will association, indicted last week for illegally assisting suicide (see the Netherlands: criminal investigation against an association offering a

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17 April 2018
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Transhumanism

Blind woman regains sight thanks to first bionic eye in Belgium

Glasses fitted with cameras, an antenna-connected hand-held computer and a retinal implant that sends signals to the optic nerve make up Argus II – the bionic eye developed by Second

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17 April 2018
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End of life

No medically assisted suicide in Massachusetts

The draft bill to authorise medically assisted suicide in Massachusetts has just been rejected following submission to a study committee last week.    For Matt Valliere, Executive Director of Patients’

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17 April 2018
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Transhumanism

Five key regulations for creating an ethical AI framework

In his work, MP Cedric Villani, who must submit his report on artificial intelligence (AI) tomorrow, has encountered the Ethik-IA (AI Ethics) initiative, which “seeks to create a positive framework

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17 April 2018
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End of life

Transplant Québec in favour of organ donation for patients requesting euthanasia

“If it coincides with their values, it would be discriminatory not to make this option available to those who have chosen to die,” explains Dr.  Matthew Weiss, Medical Director of

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17 April 2018
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Prenatal diagnosis

Germany questions appropriateness of reimbursing non-invasive prenatal testing

In Germany, 75% of pregnant women are over the age of 35. Consequently, Germany also “has the highest rate of high-risk pregnancies (70%)”. High-risk women are granted free access to

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17 April 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Romania increases birth rate by offering financial support for IVF

The Mayor of Bucharest, Gabriela Firea, has promised financial support for women seeking IVF in order to increase the country’s birth rate. Her draft bill was adopted on Wednesday. Approximately

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17 April 2018
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Cloning

Bishop Jukovic at the UN: No patent on life forms, including human

Monsignor Ivan Jukovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, addressed the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) in Geneva

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6 April 2018
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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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