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News - Announcements
October 2005
AAMC
Adopts New Principles for Reporting Results of Clinical Trials
(31.10.2005)
Washington,
To strengthen the role of U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals as
trusted and reliable sources of research information, the AAMC (Association
of American Medical Colleges) today announced new "Principles for Protecting
Integrity in the Conduct and Reporting of Clinical Trials."
Sparks
fly over UNESCO bioethics pact (21.10.2005)
The governing body of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO) has approved a controversial declaration setting out
guidelines for protecting individuals against potential harm from bioscience
developments.
FDA Approves
First Brain Stem Cell Transplant (21.10.2005)
Procedure could open the door to treating neural disorders
Technical
fixes may not solve Embryo Stem Cell ethical problems
(17.10.2005)
Church
of Scotland: Society, Religion and Technology Project
Press
Release
Two US research groups
claim to have found methods which could overcome the basic objection to
human embryonic stem cell research. One seeks to extract cells without harming
the early embryo, the other makes the embryo non-viable for a pregnancy.
But do they meet the objections?
Royaume-Uni
: l'euthanasie au centre des debats (17.10.2005)
Les 9 responsables des 6 plus importantes confessions religieuses du Royaume-Uni
: bouddhiste, chrétien, hindous, juif, musulman et sikh viennent
d'adresser une lettre ouverte à tous les membres du Parlement de
la Chambre des Lords face aux "efforts permanents et renouvelés
pour légaliser l'euthanasie".
Laws
fail to stop India's organ trade
India has a flourishing illegal trade in human organs because no one feels
they benefit from the laws that govern transplants, a new report says
Center
releases new public survey on stem cells (13.10.2005)
Stem cells
are unique among human cells in that they possess the uncanny ability
to develop into virtually any other cell of the body, offering a hypothetical
tool kit for repairing diseased hearts, mending broken spinal cords, or
correcting genetic diseases, among other hoped-for benefits.
En
Italie : Terri Schiavo ne serait pas morte de faim (12.10.2005)
Le Comité
national de bioéthique italien vient en effet de décider
que l'alimentation et l'hydratation artificielles ne devaient pas être
arrêtées lorsqu'un patient était dans le coma mais
que ses fonctions vitales fonctionnaient.
Surgeons
perform Germany's first crossover kidney transplantation
(11.10.2005)
German surgeons
have carried out the country's first crossover kidney transplantation
at transplant centres in Hamburg and Essen, after a court ruling making
the procedure legal in certain circumstances.
EU
tightens rules on blood safety
(11.10.2005)
The European
Union has adopted new rules on the quality and safety of blood and blood
derivatives, such as plasma, used in medical treatment. The rules will
apply from the beginning of September next year and will make more comprehensive
the EU-wide requirements and standards introduced by the original legislation
two years ago.
Woman
takes fight over frozen embryos to European court (1.10.2005)
A British woman who wants to use frozen embryos that she and her former
partner created before they split up took her battle to the European Court
of Human Rights in Strasbourg this week.
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