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Organ donation

Second full face transplant following rejection: patient follows “tedious” rehabilitation

Jérôme Hamon underwent a second full face transplant on 15 and 16 January 2018[1], after spending three months in an ICU without a face: “no face, eyes closed, no ears,

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27 March 2018
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End of life

USA: debate on “right to try” experimental drugs on the terminally ill

When drugs already on the market fail to provide a cure, the terminally ill may want to try out new treatments that are not yet available. For those who have not

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27 March 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Algeria confirms ban on abortion in the event of genetic foetal malformation

In its report on the draft health bill, the APN Commission for Social Affairs and Health[1] delivered its verdict on the debate aimed at extending access to abortion: “Article 81

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27 March 2018
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Organ donation

Could genetically modified pigs offset the shortage of human transplant organs?

A team of scientists at Meiji University and Kyoto Prefectural University are using human stem cells to develop organs in “designer” pigs. Pigs are the first animals to have been developed

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27 March 2018
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End of life

In India, “living wills” pave the way to passive euthanasia

The Indian Supreme Court has just authorised the drafting of a “living will”, which legalises passive euthanasia[1]. In fact, in these wills, patients can outline end-of-life choices with specific reference

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27 March 2018
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Genome

United States – genetic test for breast cancer risk soon to be sold to the general public

On 6 March 2018, the FDA approved the marketing of a test for breast cancer risk for three BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene variants, developed by the California-based company23andme. Unlike other

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27 March 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

In Canada, the debate on the legal status of the foetus is refuelled

Premeditated murder? In July 2017, Sofiane Ghazi plunged a knife several times into the abdomen of his partner who was 8 months pregnant. The mother survived her wounds but the

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22 March 2018
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The human embryo: a person or a cluster of cells?

The human embryo: a person or a cluster of cells? To be or not to be, that truly is the question when dozens of human embryo research protocols are authorised

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22 March 2018
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