Description Millions of Americans rely on the likes of birth control, IVF, and genetic testing to make plans as intimate and far-reaching as any over a lifetime. This is no less than the medicine of miracles. It fills empty cradles, frees families from terrible disease, and empowers them to fashion their lives on their own…
About the Presenter Dov Fox is the Herzog Endowed Scholar, Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Health Law Policy & Bioethics at the University of San Diego School of Law. He is a national expert on bioethics and health law. He also teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, torts,…
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce plans for our 2019 annual conference: “Consuming Genetics: The Ethical and Legal Considerations of Consumer Genetic Technologies.” This year’s conference was organized in collaboration with Nita A. Farahany, Duke Law School, and Henry T. Greely, Stanford Law…
Description Stem cell-based human/animal chimera research involves the transfer of human stem cells into animal hosts at various stages of development. The purpose of this research is to introduce localized human biological characteristics into laboratory animals to advance stem cell science, developmental biology, and many areas of biomedicine. Human/animal chimera research has existed without much…
Description There is substantial debate over whether and how we should screen the general population to detect cancers such as breast, prostate, and colon cancer. The principle of early detection is attractive and for some patients can be life-saving. Some effective screening programs, like that for cervical cancer, remain under-utilized, particularly in lower-income countries. By…
Dean John F. Manning honored I. Glenn Cohen on the occasion of his appointment as the James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law. Professor Cohen, who is also the Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, discussed The Second Reproductive Revolution: From Gene…
Description The shift to value-based care presents opportunities to improve care delivery for advanced illness. This panel featured thought leaders who identified key challenges and shared their visions for a future where new payment models align with improved advanced illness care. This event was free and open to the public. Agenda 9:30am, Registration 10:00am, Introductory…
Description In this talk, Professor Christine Parker critically investigated the role of food labeling and its contestation as a governance pathway towards healthy, sustainable, and fair food systems. Consumers are often encouraged to “vote with their fork” and “say no” to unhealthy, unsustainable, and unfair food. As a result the food label has become a…
At this event, Professor George Annas, beloved health law professor at Boston University, discussed gene editing of babies and the idea of health care as a human right. The event was free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Harvard Health Law Society, the Dean of Students Grant Fund, the American Constitution Society, the…
Learn more about the issues! Check out media coverage supporting the Petrie-Flom Center’s initiative to discuss lifting the prohibition on MRT in the United States, and a news article about the event in Stat News! Description A 2015 Congressional amendment precludes Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT), a life-saving IVF-based procedure that could prevent a plethora of…
