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New! 2nd Interdiciplinary Seminar "Basic Principles in Palliative Care" (26.4.2009-30.4.2010)

Deux naissances après une autogreffe de l'ovaire (24.2.2010)
Une femme a donné naissance à deux enfants après une autogreffe de l'ovaire, un cas unique au monde.

Study Finds Cognition in Vegetative Patients (4.2.2010)
In a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, four of 23 patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state showed signs of consciousness on brain-imaging tests.

Pregnant Woman's Involuntary Hospitalization Raises Legal, Ethical, Medical Questions (27.1.2010)
The case of a pregnant Florida woman hospitalized against her will is raising a legal, ethical and medical storm around this issue: Can a doctor's order to quit smoking and rest in bed trump a woman's right to control her own body?

Parents fight to keep infant on life support (21.1.2010)
Three-month-old Isaiah May, who suffered brain damage at birth, breathes on a ventilator in an Edmonton neonatal intensive care unit...

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Seeks Views on Biofuels (13.1.2010)
The UK-based Nuffield Council on Bioethics is asking people to submit their views on the potential of biofuels.

Les conséquences de l'avortement sélectif en Chine (12.1.2010)
119 garcons naissent actuellement pour 100 filles en Chine, là où le ratio était de 108 garcons pour 100 filles en 1982...

Vers un nouveau projet sur le prélèvement d'organes en Finlande (8.1.2010)
Le 29 décembre 2009, le gouvernement finlandais a annoncé qu'il présenterait bientôt au Parlement un projet de loi sur le prélèvement d'organes.

The Medical Milestones That Defined the Noughties (4.1.2010)
In 2000, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair jointly announced that a working draft of the human genome had been completed, paving the way for genetic tests and new treatments for cancer, diabetes, heart disease and even obesity...

Quadriplegic Mother Fights for Custody of Son (23.12.2009)
A quadriplegic mother is fighting her ex-boyfriend in court to retain custody of their son. The ex-boyfriend claims she cannot be a competent mother because of her disability. It is a case that touches on important questions about the rights of the disabled.

Irish Supreme Court Rules Lab Embryos Not Protected (15.12.2009)
Irish scientists who want to work with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) got a boost from Ireland's Supreme Court today, which ruled that human embryos outside the womb are not "unborn," and therefore are not protected under the country's constitution.

UNESCO (IBC): Report on Human Cloning and International Governance
Within the framework of its work programme for 2008-2009, the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC) has focused on the issue of human cloning and international governance with the aim of exploring whether there is any scientific, social or political change that would justify a new initiative at the international level on this area.

Nuffiled Council on Bioethics Press Release: Lords welcome Council's inquiry on medical profiling and online medicine
Inquiry: Medical profiling and online medicine: The ethics of 'personalised' health care in a consumer age

Official Statements of the Bioethics Committee of the Church of Greece (In Greek)-(In French, Russian and Bulgarian)

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