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Dr Kathy Liddell (LML Director) has joined a new Strategic Research Initiative on Reproduction as a member of their steering group.The SRI is funded for three years, and is a University-wide network which aims to encourage interactions among the many Cambridge researchers with interests in reproduction; from clinical medicine and biology to the art…

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences has appointed Dr John Liddicoat as a Senior Research Associate. Dr Liddicoat will work with Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of LML) to develop a flagship research project on the legal issues surrounding the re-purposing of pharmaceuticals.The aim of the project is to harness legal expertise in the field of …

An article co-authored by Dr Rumiana Yotova and Prof. Bartha Knoppers on the right to benefit from science has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of International Law.The right was first set out in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and later affirmed in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rig…

Nature Biotechnology has accepted a third article from an LML research group for publication. The forthcoming feature article announces empirical results about the effects of the US Supreme Court's decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics on patent practice beyond isolated DNA claims. The article, co-authored by Professor M…

On Saturday 8th September, the CeBIL events concluded with a Methodologies Retreat involving all programme partners – from Cambridge, Copenhagen, Harvard, and Michigan. The project leaders from each of the five core studies, and sixth synergy study, convened to discuss the methodologies and approaches for each of CeBIL's six studies. Each presented…

On Thursday 6th September, LML co-hosted a workshop titled 'Regulating Algorithms in Healthcare: Intellectual Property and Liability' with the PHG Foundation and the Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law. The workshop brought together a multidisciplinary group of academics, researchers, policy makers and regulators, to evaluate i…

On Friday 7th September, LML hosted the CeBIL Annual Symposium 2018: 'Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence and the Law'. This was the first of five annual symposia to be held in Cambridge as part of LML's involvement in the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Collaborative Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law, directed by Prof. Timo Minssen…

How will legal liability be assigned when an AI system causes harm?  Does the law need reform?  Dr. Skopek has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant to explore these questions in the healthcare context.  His project will focus in particular on the liability landscape for harms caused by the use of machine learning algorithms in clinical care.  Three …

Applications are invited for a Senior Research Associate to work with the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) at the Faculty of Law. This is a fixed term three-year position with a preferred commencement date between 1 December 2018 and 1 February 2019. The post holder will be employed by the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, to…

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published Dr Rumiana Yotova's report on'The Regulation of Genome Editing and Human Reproduction under International Law, EU Law and Comparative Law'.Dr Yotova was commissioned to write the 25,000 word report by the Nuffield Council's Working Party on Genome Editing and Human Reproduction to help inform their ev…

Dr Stephanie Palmer has written a blog post for the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL/AIDC) on the repeal of the Eighth Amendment in Ireland, and the recent human rights challenge brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission against current criminal law provisions on abortion.Looking first at the Republic of Ireland, …

Tickets are now available for the upcoming conference "The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe", to be held in at the Faculty of Law on September 28 2018. The conference, organised by a team headed by Cambridge Law student Helen Jennings, will explore what human rights law has to say on the issue of abortion in 2018, with considerat…

           Dr Kathy Liddell (LML Director) has recently returned from teaching a new Health Law and Emerging Technologies subject at the University of Melbourne; strengthening the already substantial links between the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law, and Melbourne Law School.The subject examined ways in which law is affecting, and being af…

On Wednesday 11th April 2018, Dr Jeffrey Skopek (LML Deputy Director) and Dr David Erdos will present at a one-day symposium hosted by the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Medical Ethics and Law.The day will be split into two half-day symposia:Part I, Policy and Regulatory Responses to New Genomic and Reproductive Technologies seeks to explore …

As the fundamental basis of all computerised tasks, algorithms are increasingly integral to healthcare. They perform functions at every level, from the research laboratory to the clinic; in rudimentary operating system processes to highly advanced analytical systems. Despite their prevalence, the precise definition of an algorithm is increasingly c…