by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 29 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Doctors in Athens and Barcelona announced last Tuesday the delivery of a “three-parent baby” as part of a research project on in vitro fertilization (IVF) with mitochondrial donation. The baby, weighing 2.9 kg, was born in Athens, to a 32-year-old Greek...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 29 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Chinese researchers have announced the delivery of eleven transgenic monkeys, five of which survived. These monkeys have copies of a human gene that supposedly plays a role in the development of human intelligence. Bing Su, the geneticist who conducted the research,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 29 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Bureau of Immigration has announced that two women hired to become surrogate mothers in China were arrested as they were about to leave the Philippines. In its statement, the Bureau of Immigration explained that these former oversees Filipino workers, Ria,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 29 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Chile, the Chamber of Deputies’ healthcare committee has just adopted two important articles on the reasons authorizing euthanasia requests. These articles are central to a bill currently being debated on “dignified death” and palliative care. The two...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
New Zealand now recommends pre-conception testing for all couples. Until now, these expensive genetic tests were only offered to so-called “high-risk” women, i.e. those with a family history of serious or fatal genetic disease. But as Martin Delatycki,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Researchers in South Korea are expected to transplant pig corneas into humans “within a year”. Several teams in the United States are also preparing to launch clinical trials of xenotransplantation: pig skin transplants on six major burn victims in Boston,...