Françoise Baylis & Séverine Caluwaerts | November 25, 2016

Séverine Caluwaerts and Françoise Baylis lament the fact that in an epidemic as deadly as Ebola, pregnant women were denied access to potentially life-saving vaccination solely on the grounds of pregnancy.

Françoise Baylis | September 28, 2016

Some people criticize Bill S-201 – most notably insurers. They worry about clients taking a genetic test, getting results that suggest an increased risk of developing a specific “genetic illness” and then “bulking up” on insurance.

Françoise Baylis | September 1, 2016

Françoise Baylis explains Canada’s regulatory framework for human-nonhuman chimera research and suggests that the proposed changes to the NIH guidelines to permit the funding of such research may have implications for Canadian research.

Françoise Baylis | May 5, 2016

Françoise Baylis calls for a better alignment of the science and ethics of human embryo research. […] A scientific breakthrough has prompted a call to revisit the 14-day limit on human embryo research. But is this technological prowess sufficient to warrant a change in law or policy?  That is, do we have “new and compelling ethical or scientific justification” to change the 14-day rule?