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By Aleeza Hashmi The Cellectis Group, a biotech company based in Paris, is now offering a “bank” to store and transform adult cells into stem cells for the general public. The company claims this will…
Jeffrey Skopek received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he served on the Harvard Law Review as Book Reviews and Essays Chair of the Articles Committee. He also holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil.…
By The Petrie-Flom Center Seema Shah is a faculty member in the Department of Bioethics in the NIH Clinical Center with a joint appointment in the Division of AIDS. Her research focuses on the ethics…
By The Petrie-Flom Center The Petrie-Flom Center invites applications for 2014-2016 Academic Fellowships. PURPOSE: The Academic Fellowship is a postdoctoral program specifically designed to identify, cultivate, and promote promising scholars early in their careers. Fellows are…
As of Friday, June 28, this post is closed to further comments. We want to thank the many readers who have engaged in a vigorous and civil discussion on the recent posts to the Bill…
As of Friday, June 28, this post is closed to further comments. We want to thank the many readers who have engaged in a vigorous and civil discussion on the recent posts to the Bill…
This morning on WBUR, Eric Lander discussed the significance of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics that DNA cannot be patented. Lander, the Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, filed…
By The Petrie-Flom Center The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues recently published a “Request for Comments on Issues Related to Incidental Findings That Arise in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-To-Consumer Contexts.” In…
By The Petrie-Flom Center William MacAskill is the Founder and President of 80,000 Hours, an advisory service for careers that make a difference. He is also the cofounder and Vice-President of Giving What We Can, a…
By The Petrie-Flom Center [Note: This Student Fellowship program is different from the Petrie-Flom Center Academic Fellowship, applications for which will open again in the Fall.] The Center and Student Fellowship. The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law…
