How Scott Gottlieb is Wrong on the Gene Edited Baby Debacle
Gottlieb’s comments on the news that gene edited embryos in China had led to live births were wrong.
I. Glenn Cohen
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Read more: Investigating Conflicts of Interest in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Investigating Conflicts of Interest in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
By I. Glenn Cohen The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was established under the Affordable Care Act. Its goal is to fund and encourage Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR), understood as evaluating questions and outcomes that are meaningful not just to researchers, but to patients and caregivers as well. One key way of achieving this…
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Read more: New Article Examines the Possibility of Applying Workplace Safety Rules to the NFL New Article Examines the Possibility of Applying Workplace Safety Rules to the NFL
Part of the Law and Ethics Initiative of the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University: Article authored by Adam M. Finkel, Chris Deubert, Orly Lobel, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Holly Fernandez Lynch (Former Executive Director Could occupational health and safety laws be applied to better protect NFL players? A new analysis, published on April…
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Read more: Should courts treat destroyed embryos as “lost property” or “wrongful death”? Should courts treat destroyed embryos as “lost property” or “wrongful death”?
Bill of Health contributors Glenn Cohen and Dov Fox were featured in this week’s news coverage of novel claims related to recent freezer malfunctions at two major fertility clinics. A class-action suit by one Ohio couple who lost their embryos asks the court to afford embryos standing to use and declare that life begins at…
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Read more: Colorado Supreme Court Hears Important Case Re Constitutional Issues on Dispute About Frozen Preembyros – My Take on Oral Argument Colorado Supreme Court Hears Important Case Re Constitutional Issues on Dispute About Frozen Preembyros – My Take on Oral Argument
By I. Glenn Cohen On Tuesday, January 9th, the Colorado Supreme Court heard oral argument in In Re Marriage of Rooks. (Kudos to them for live streaming and archiving!) This is the latest of a series of cases involving disputes between ex husbands and ex wives (or in some cases unmarried former partners) regarding the…
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Read more: TOMORROW, 11/9! Book Launch: Specimen Science – Ethics and Policy Implications TOMORROW, 11/9! Book Launch: Specimen Science – Ethics and Policy Implications
Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications November 9, 2017 12:00 PM Countway Library, Lahey Room Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA In September 2017, MIT Press will publish Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications, co-edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch (outgoing Petrie-Flom Executive Director), Barbara Bierer, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Suzanne M. Rivera. This edited volume stems from a conference in 2015 that brought…
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Read more: Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications
Book Launch: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications November 9, 2017 12:00 PM Countway Library, Lahey Room Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA In September 2017, MIT Press will publish Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications, co-edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch (outgoing Petrie-Flom Executive Director), Barbara Bierer, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Suzanne M. Rivera. This edited volume stems from a conference in 2015 that brought…
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Read more: TODAY, 10/16 at 5 PM: Health Law Workshop with I. Glenn Cohen TODAY, 10/16 at 5 PM: Health Law Workshop with I. Glenn Cohen
October 16, 2017 5:00 PM Hauser Hall, Room 104 Harvard Law School, 1575 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Presentation: “Cops, Docs, and Code: A Dialogue Between Big Data in Health Care and Predictive Policing” by I. Glenn Cohen & Harry S. Graver This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the…
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Read more: TODAY, 9/11 at 5 PM: Health Law Workshop with William Sage TODAY, 9/11 at 5 PM: Health Law Workshop with William Sage
September 11, 2017, 5-7 PM Hauser Hall, Room 104 Harvard Law School, 1575 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Download the Presentation: “Fracking Health Care: The Need to Safely De-Medicalize America and Recover Trapped Value for Its People” William M. Sage is James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence at the University of Texas-Austin Law School and Professor (Department of Surgery and…
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Read more: Two Views About the Gene Editing ‘Breakthrough’ that Are Not Getting Enough Attention (IMHO) Two Views About the Gene Editing ‘Breakthrough’ that Are Not Getting Enough Attention (IMHO)
As has now been well-covered in the news, Nature just published a paper from Mitalipov’s lab at the Oregon Health and Science University that used CRISPR/Cas 9 gene editing to correct the MYBPC3 mutation associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — a heart muscle disease that affects 1 in 500 people. The more impressive element of the…