Designer Babies? The Ethical and Regulatory Implications of Polygenic Embryo Screening
The rise in polygenic embryo screening is ushering in a new era of human control over reproduction.
Genetics & Genomics
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Read more: Fall 2023 Health Law Workshops Fall 2023 Health Law Workshops
The Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop provides a forum for discussion of new scholarship in these fields from the world’s leading experts. The workshop is led by Professor I. Glenn Cohen, and presenters come from a wide range of disciplines and departments. Harvard graduate students may register to take the workshop for course…
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Read more: We May Not ‘Own’ Our Bodies. Should We? We May Not ‘Own’ Our Bodies. Should We?
The property law approach to ownership does not draw hard lines with respect to biological materials like tissue.
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Read more: Protecting Consumer Privacy in DTC Tissue Testing Protecting Consumer Privacy in DTC Tissue Testing
The privatization of next-generation medical technologies, especially in regenerative and precision medicine, further muddies the data-protection waters.
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Read more: Why We Should Care About the Move from Saliva to Living Cells in Precision Medicine Why We Should Care About the Move from Saliva to Living Cells in Precision Medicine
Could a corporate, direct-to-consumer cell-based testing service be the next 23andme? And what would that mean for patients?
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Read more: State Genetic Privacy Statutes: Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences? State Genetic Privacy Statutes: Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences?
Investigative genetic genealogy is a new and complex law enforcement technique that should not be regulated by accident or as an afterthought.
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Read more: Meet Susannah Baruch: Q&A with the Petrie-Flom Center’s New Executive Director Meet Susannah Baruch: Q&A with the Petrie-Flom Center’s New Executive Director
The Petrie-Flom Center’s new Executive Director, Susannah Baruch, shares about herself and her past work.
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Read more: European Skew in Genetic Research Databases Won’t Abate Without More Concerted Effort European Skew in Genetic Research Databases Won’t Abate Without More Concerted Effort
Continued efforts to increase diversity in genetic research are needed.
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Read more: Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing
On the issue of human genome editing, attitudes between bioethics scholars and the general public diverge.
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Read more: Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis
The legalization of cannabis has raised ethical, regulatory, and scientific questions, which panelists discussed at a Petrie-Flom Center webinar.
