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End of life

Artificial nutrition: between treatment, ethical requirements and artificial life support

Doctor Diana Cardenas, Doctor of Medicine and Philosophy, reflects on the status of artificial nutrition which is a regular topic of debate, especially for the terminally ill or patients with

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20 February 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Hague Conference: regulate a practice contrary to international law?

The Hague Conference – 6 to 9 February 2018. The Experts’ Group at the Private International Law Conference will work on the legislative surrogacy bill to regulate transnational contracts. However,

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20 February 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Human eggs grown in vitro

British and American scientists have succeeded in growing human eggs in vitro from a very early stage “up to full maturation”. This is a “landmark” procedure that could be used

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20 February 2018
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Ibuprofen during pregnancy: potential cause of low fertility in women?

After studying the effects of ibuprofen on male fertility[1] and male human foetuses[2], scientists at Inserm (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale – French National Institute

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12 February 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

United Kingdom: The first cases of three-parent IVF

In the United Kingdom, the medical team at Newcastle Hospital has been authorised by the HFEA[1]to “create the first three-parent babies” in Great Britain for two women with mitochondrial diseases

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12 February 2018
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End of life

Belgium: 1,000 cases of euthanasia each year without the patients’ consent

Every year, 1,000 Belgians are given a lethal injection without requesting it. This point was highlighted on 29 January by Doctor Marc Cosyns[1], during the trial of Ivo Poppe, the

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12 February 2018
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End of life

Medically assisted dying in Ontario: limited conscientious objection for doctors

On Wednesday, Ontario’s Divisional Court made its initial decision on “extending conscientious objection in a medically assisted dying context” following an appeal lodged by several Christian Medical Associations [1] contesting

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9 February 2018
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Genome

A pocket device for human genome sequencing

MinION, a portable device the size of a smart phone, can sequence human genomes with unparalleled precision. Published in Nature Biotechnology, the work of scientists at nine universities (Great Britain,

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9 February 2018
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    • GMO
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