Bioethics

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Check out the October 2 edition of the Petrie-Flom Center’s biweekly e-newsletter for the latest on events, affiliate news and scholarship, and job and fellowship opportunities in health law policy and bioethics. Featured in this edition:  Synthetic Biology: Science, Policy, and Ethics October 8, 2015, 4:00 PM Harkness South Dining Room (205) Casperson Student Center, Harvard Law School,…

Check out the October 2 edition of the Petrie-Flom Center’s biweekly e-newsletter for the latest on events, affiliate news and scholarship, and job and fellowship opportunities in health law policy and bioethics.

Featured in this edition: 

Synthetic biology, “which aims to apply standardized engineering techniques to biology and thereby create organisms or biological systems with novel or specialized functions to address countless needs,”* offers the potential for tremendous benefit, alongside a range of possible risks.  How should these benefits and risks be balanced, from a scientific, ethical, and policy perspective?  Please join us for a discussion of these issues with a leader in the field of synthetic biology and an expert in risk regulation and policy.
Panelists:
  • George Church, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Director, PersonalGenomes.org
  • Adam Finkel, Senior Fellow and Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Clinical Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health
  • Moderator: Holly Fernandez Lynch, Executive Director, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.