Rare diseases affect approximately 25-30 million people in Europe, including millions of children. However, since each disease affects less than one person in every 2,000, the pharmaceutical industry has traditionally been reluctant to invest in research and development connected to such illnesses given the small market.
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17Sep
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02Jul
On Friday 2 July 2021, Professor Jens Scherpe will participate in the Cambridge Reproduction SRI's Reproduction Showcase. The online event will mark the SRI's third year of operation and celebrate the diverse reproduction research conducted in and around Cambridge.
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15Jun
On Tuesday 15 June 2021, Dr John Liddicoat (Senior Research Associate) will participate in Findacure's Eigth Annual Conference on Drug Repurposing for Rare Diseases.
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30Mar
The 2021 Baron de Lancey Lecture - Law, Hormones, and Sport: a level playing field?
Dr Silvia Camporesi - King's College London
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11Mar
On Thursday 11 March 2021, Jinal Dadiya (PhD Candidate with LML) will participate in an online discussion event as part of the University of Cambridge Reproduction SRI's Early Researchers Seminar Series (ERSS).
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12Feb
On Friday 12 February 2021, Dr John Liddicoat will participate in TRIPS@25, a webinar organised by the World Trade Organisation. Moderated by Anthony Taubman (Director of the WTO's Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division), the webinar will reflect on the impacts of the TRIPS Agreement over the past 25 years.
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28Jan
On Thursday 28 January 2021, Professor Jens Scherpe will be joined by Professor Susan Golombok (Director of the Centre for Family Researh) for 'We Are Family', a conversation about what 'family' really means today.
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27Jan
On Wednesday 27 January 2021, Dr Stevie Martin will participate in a debate on assisted dying organised by the Selwyn College Law Society. Dr Martin will be arguing in favour of the motion that “Assisting suicide, contrary to s2 of the Suicide Act 1961, should be decriminalised”. Craig Whittaker MP will provide the rebuttle.
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08Dec
On Tuesday 8 December 2020, Dr Jeff Skopek (Deputy Director of LML) participated in Health and Artificial Intelligence: Law, Ethics and Society, an online webinar hosted by the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong.
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04Dec
On Friday 4 December 2020, Dr Rumiana Yotova will chair ‘International Law, Science and Technology in the Time of COVID-19’, an online discussion panel organised by the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law.
Speakers and presentations include: