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Organ donation

Japan: heading towards authorised research on chimera?

In Japan, a Ministry of Science Commission is requesting authorisation for chimeric research in an attempt to culture human organs in animals. This work should probably lead the Japanese Ministry

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9 February 2018
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End of life

A German association circumvents legislation via Switzerland to introduce assisted suicide

In 2015, the ban by German Parliament on professionally assisted suicide forced the Verein Deutsche Sterbehilfe, the only assisted suicide association in Germany, to temporarily stop its activities. However, the

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9 February 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

United States: The ban on abortion after 20 weeks is rejected by the Senate

On Monday, the American Senate “did not succeed” in opening the debate on a draft bill intended to ban abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. The bill, which was

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9 February 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Are teenage girls whose mothers have had an abortion more likely to decide on abortion themselves?

According to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, teenage girls whose mothers have had an abortion are more likely to choose the same path.   Having noted

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9 February 2018
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Prenatal diagnosis

Japan extends access to NIPS

The Japanese Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society is scheduled to meet in March to discuss extending access to non-invasive pre-natal screening (NIPS) for Down syndrome and including antenatal tests in general

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9 February 2018
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Genome

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells obtained through CRISPR

CRISPR should allow induced pluripotent stem cells to be obtained more easily from skin cells. This is the observation made by Gladstone Institute scientists who have worked on reprogramming murine

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6 February 2018
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End of life

Belgian nurses leave palliative care units known as “euthanasia institutions”

Belgian nurses and social workers specialising in end-of-life care are leaving palliative care units because they are becoming transformed into “euthanasia institutions”. A large number of hospital staff are leaving

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6 February 2018
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Cloning

China: first primates cloned by nuclear transfer

“A Chinese team has just cloned the very first primates with the technique used on Dolly the ewe in 1996”. Highlighted in the Cell journal on 24 January, the birth

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6 February 2018
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