by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Oct, 2006 | Gènéthique informs you
The number of abortions is increasingly growing in France. What is thus the psychological impact of abortion for all the people involved in this practice? Investigation in hospitals During several months, Sabine Faivre conducted an investigation within...
by Alexis DUPORT | 31 Oct, 2006 | Gènéthique informs you
Nombre record d’IVG en 2004 Une récente étude de la DREES1 indique que le nombre d’avortements ne cesse d’augmenter en France, pour atteindre 210 664 en 2004 (dernière année recensée), soit une hausse régulière de 1,8% par an depuis 1995. La part des IVG...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Sep, 2006 | Gènéthique informs you
2006 sees the 20th edition of the Téléthon. This year, for the first time, it will enjoy 30 hours of live television coverage. However, more and more people refuse to be involved in this vast operation that invites them to transgress fundamental rules of ethics....
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Jun, 2006 | Gènéthique informs you
Vivisection of the embryo The Biomedicine Agency announced on 20 June 2006 having delivered the first authorisations for research on embryo to six French teams working in public structures. Among the accepted teams, five come from INSERM and Pasteur Institute...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Jun, 2006 | Gènéthique informs you
European Parliament members adopted on 15 June 2006 a 50 billion euro program for research (7e PCRD, 2007-2013). This Framework Program for Research and Development allocates 2 billion euros to biotechnologies and life science, which was subject to long debates to...
by Alexis DUPORT | 30 Jun, 2006 | Gènéthique informs you
Going out of the ethical dilemma Whereas pressures in favour of research on human embryos intensify, an article by Gregory Benichou, professor and the Essec and titular of the bioethics and therapeutic innovation chair comes to clarify the debate1. He explains...