28 Mar 2018
LML members to speak at symposia at the University of Hong Kong
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 …
28 Mar 2018
LML Members attend PHG Foundation Workshop on Regulating Algorithms in Healthcare
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…
15 Mar 2018
The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe
LML is delighted to announce our collaboration on an upcoming conference on "The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe", to be held in Cambridge in September 2018. The conference, organised by a team headed by second year Law student Helen Jennings, will explore what human rights law has to say on the issue of abortion in 2018, with c…
13 Mar 2018
LML participates in thought-provoking conference on bio-innovation law in Copenhagen
On Monday 5th March 2018, three LML members (Dr Kathy Liddell, Professor Mateo Aboy, and Dr John Liddicoat) participated in an international conference on bio-innovation law, hosted by the University of Copenhagen.The event marked the commencement of CeBIL, the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Collaborative Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law;…
13 Mar 2018
Professor Glenn Cohen Delivers 2018 Baron de Lancey Lecture
On Friday March 9th, the Centre forLaw, Medicine and Life Sciences hosted the 2018 Baron de Lancey Lecture, organised in collaboration with Cambridge Family Law, and kindly sponsored by the Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund. This year, Professor Glenn Cohen delivered his thought-provoking talk 'Parenthood Disrupted(?) Dilemmas of Reproductive Technologies'…
23 Jan 2018
LML awarded large research grant with University of Copenhagen
The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) within the Faculty of Law has signed a ground-breaking collaboration agreement with the University of Copenhagen to address challenges in biomedical innovation law.The collaboration is generously supported by a £4m grant awarded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation to Professor Timo Minssen, Director o…
22 Jan 2018
Stephanie Palmer joins Advisory Board on Behaviour Change Research
Dr Stephanie Palmer (LML Member) has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board for Behaviour Change by Design, a four-year research programme investigating "ways to 'nudge' people towards healthier behaviour". Dr Palmer will be contributing expertise in the area of Law and Public Health.More information about the programme, which launched on …
13 Nov 2017
LML and CMEL publish report on Precision Medicine: Legal and Ethical Challenges
Following a conference hosted at the University of Hong Kong in April 2016, the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences and Centre for Medical Ethics & Law (University of Hong Kong) have published a report on 'Precision Medicine: Legal and Ethical Challenges'.The aim of precision medicine is to revolutionise disease treatment and prevention by u…
13 Nov 2017
LML Members to present at international synthetic biology and gene editing conference.
Two members of the LML are scheduled to present at an upcoming conference on 'Legal Perspectives on Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing', hosted by the Centre for Information and Innovation Law at the University of Copenhagen.On November 20th, Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of the LML) will deliver a keynote speech on the topic of 'IP Policies for Large…
6 Nov 2017
Publication success for recent Tripos student
An article written by Abby Selden, a recent Law Tripos Student and current Trainee Solicitor at Clifford Chance, has been published in the European Human Rights Law Review.Selden's article titled 'Compulsory health checks, female genital mutilation and rights balancing at the European Court of Human Rights' was based upon her earlier dissertation, …
22 Oct 2017
LML Expands Consulting & Contract Services
The LML is pleased to announce that the Centre is expanding the range of consulting and contract services it is able to provide. Complementary to our 'Evidence-based IP' research area (led by Dr Mateo Aboy and Dr Kathy Liddell), examples of new services include patent searches and landscapes, and empirical IP legal studies.The full range of consult…
12 Oct 2017
Colm McGrath debates whether THBT brain activity should be regarded as the indicator of human life
LML member Colm McGrath has been invited to participate in a public debate at University College London (UCL) on Monday 16th October. He will be opposing the motion ‘THBT brain activity is the measure of human life’.More information about the public debates held by the UCL Debating Society can be found here.
11 Oct 2017
Dr Liddell featured in University of Cambridge film: The Future of Medicine
The University of Cambridge has produced a short film, 'The Future of Medicine', documenting some of the research being undertaken at the university which is helping to guide and shape developments in this field. Dr. Kathy Liddell (Director of the LML) features in this production. She speaks about the importance of involving perspectives additional…
18 Sep 2017
Dr Palmer discusses recent Supreme Court decision on abortion funding
Dr Stephanie Palmer has written a blog post for the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL/AIDC) on the question of whether women from Northern Ireland should have access to free National Health Service-funded abortions in England. This issue addressed in the Supreme Court decision of R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of…
21 Jul 2017
Nature Biotechnology publishes another article from LML Research Group
The LML is delighted to announce that Nature Biotechnology has accepted for publication a second article from an LML Research Group concerning the impacts of the US Supreme Court's decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics on patent practice.The article, co-authored by Prof Mateo Aboy, Dr Jonathon Liddicoat, Dr Kathy Liddell…
