By Ellen Arkfeld In a conventional In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatment, zygotes develop in an incubator before they are implanted into a woman’s uterus. This incubator is designed to mimic the human body. Recently, however, physicians developed an alternative method of incubation: instead of using an incubator, the zygotes grow in an INVOcell, a device that is [...]
Wishing you good times, good cheer, and a memorable New Year, Global Bioethics Initiative invites students and professionals worldwide to attend bioethics summer programs in 2016! Partial Scholarships for participants residing in low-income countries & Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are available. Please visit our summer school website and Apply Now! Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) is [...]
By Kaitlyn Schaeffer Once upon a time, children could be conceived in only one way. But advances in medical technology have resulted in a number of ways for children to be born; one such method is via surrogacy. Surrogacy has provided a way for single parents or couples who are for some reason unable to [...]
By Farzana Paleker Following an International Summit on Human Gene Editing in Washington D.C. earlier this month, scientists in the U.S. are now allowed to experiment on human genes - as long as it does not result in a pregnancy. The summit was organized after scientists in China successfully used CRISPR, a DNA editing tool, [...]
By Ellen Arkfeld The days of human genome editing are rapidly approaching with the development of the editing tool CRISPR. CRISPR grants scientists unprecedented precision and ease in editing the genome. Unlike previous genetic engineering technologies, CRISPR is highly accurate and allows DNA editing without causing adverse side effects. One application of CRISPR involves the manipulation of human embryos [...]
By Kaitlyn Schaeffer Following a Dateline Documentary that aired in September 2015, Belgium’s struggle with its controversial euthanasia legislation has exploded. The law allows people to voluntarily have their lives ended by doctors even when they’re not terminally ill, so long as they are experiencing “incurable, unbearable suffering.” Since the law was passed, the number [...]
By Rimah Jaber At the Cleveland Clinic, doctors are leading new transplant operations with an organ rarely donated - the uterus. To ensure success of uterus transplants, specialists from both reproductive medicine and transplant surgery have been recruited. The Cleveland Clinic expects to be the first in the United States to perform a uterus transplant [...]
By Ellen Arkfeld Congratulations to the excellent team at NYU Langone Medical Center! We are inspired by the team’s unique medical achievement of the most extensive face transplant and proud of the contribution of one of our honorable GBI Board of Directors’ members, Dr. Bruce Gelb. NYU Langone Medical Center has announced the success of [...]
New York City | July 11-22, 2016 Global Bioethics Initiative in partnership with New York Society for Ethical Culture invite students and professionals worldwide to attend the International Bioethics Summer School in Manhattan, New York City, 2016. Join us for this one-of-a-kind educational opportunity! The School Venue is The New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan, NYC. Click here to Apply Now! *Students may [...]
By Kaitlyn Schaeffer 54-year-old Nicolas Bonnemaison has been convicted of killing a patient in a high-profile trial in France. He was charged with the deaths of seven elderly patients. He was found guilty on six of those counts. He received a two-year suspended sentence. Prosecutor Olivier Tcherkessof said that the doctor is “not a killer,” [...]
