By I. Glenn Cohen I am at a fantastic event at Yale I co-organized on Intersections in Reproduction: Perspectives on Abortion, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and Judicial Review with some amazing scholars present and excellent papers being presented. Like many people who have thought about sex selection, I would have imagined I have thought through most of…
Hot Topics at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: Plus Q&A on Careers in Law and Bioethics! Friday, April 11, 2014, 12:00pm Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Ave. Please join us for an update from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, delivered by Michelle Groman (HLS ’05), Associate Director…
By Jeffrey Skopek In the past few months, the Copenhagen Zoo has killed a giraffe and four lions in order to protect the genetic health of their breeding populations, generating significant international backlash and highlighting difficult questions about the value of species preservation. The international controversy surrounding the zoo’s actions began in February, when it…
By The Petrie-Flom Center Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law: Stem Cells, Genes, and More April 2, 2014, 12:00 PM Langdell, Vorenberg Classroom – North (225), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Please join us for this esteemed panel of leading patent experts, including members of the European Patent Office. Discussion will address U.S. and European perspectives on…
By Dov Fox New technologies can put pressure on the logic of the law. Consider the well-settled legal conclusion that equal protection rights don’t apply when police use race-based descriptions to look for suspects. An emerging forensic technique called DNA phenotyping makes it hard to defend this reliance on racial proxies–rather than appearance itself–in the investigation…
Hot Topics at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: Plus Q&A on Careers in Law and Bioethics! Friday, April 11, 2014, 12:00pm Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Ave. Please join us for an update from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, delivered by Michelle Groman (HLS ’05), Associate Director…
By Jeffrey Skopek A few weeks ago, the New York Times Magazine ran a fascinating piece titled “The Mammoth Cometh,” which tells the story of a growing number of scientists around the world who are working on projects of “de-extinction.” Significant progress has been made, and some scientists estimate that we will be able to…
By Timo Minssen Please find attached a ppt presentation on “New regulatory pathways and incentives for sustainable antibiotics: Recent European & US Initiatives” given on March 7, 2014 at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The presentation was followed by a discussion moderated by US patent attorney Melissa Hunter-Ensor, Partner at Saul Ewing, Boston. I…
By The Petrie-Flom Center Hot Topics in European Bio-Patent Law: Stem Cells, Genes, and More April 2, 2014, 12:00 PM Langdell, Vorenberg Classroom – North (225), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Please join us for this esteemed panel of leading patent experts, including members of the European Patent Office. Discussion will address U.S. and European perspectives on…
With the first issue of Journal of Law and Biosciences now available, the Oxford University Press blog has published an interview with I. Glenn Cohen discussing the journal’s focus and format. From the blog: There are huge changes taking place in the world of biosciences, and whether it’s new discoveries in stem cell research, new…
