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December 2004

Romanian, 67, Pregnant with Twins (30.12.2004)
Romanian doctors say a 67-year-old woman is seven months pregnant with twin girls after fertility treatment.


Boys 'cured' with gene therapy (17.12.2004)
Four UK children born with a condition robbing them of their natural defences against infection have had successful gene therapy treatment, doctors say.

Grande Bretagne : "loi sur la sante mentale" (15.12.2004)
Le parlement britannique examinait mardi 14 décembre 2004 un projet de loi qui doit encadrer les pratiques médicales en fin de vie.

UK: Members of Parliament To Vote On Euthanasia Law (14.12.2004)
Ministers have promised to change a bill which critics claim would legalise euthanasia "through the back door" so that it cannot authorise killing.

Clonage : le Vatican a l'ONU (7.12.2004)
L'Osservatore Romano publie le discours du représentant du Vatican lors du débat sur le clonage humain à l'assemblée générale de l'ONU les 21 et 22 octobre 2004 et le document envoyé à tous les membres de l'Organisation.

Blacks and poor more likely to donate than receive many types of transplant organs (6.12.2004)
Blacks and poor individuals are more likely to be donors while whites and wealthier individuals are more likely to be recipients of many types of transplant organs, according to a new study in the November 2004 issue of the American Journal of Medicine.