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Read more at: Kathy Liddell participates in CSaP Senior Policy Fellows Meeting on Genetic Technologies

Kathy Liddell participates in CSaP Senior Policy Fellows Meeting on Genetic Technologies

12 May 2017

Kathy Liddell, Director of the LML, was invited to participate in the fourteenth Policy Leaders Fellowship Roundtable organised by the Centre for Science and Policy which will take place at Trinity College Cambridge on 12 May 2017, chaired by Lord Wilson of Dinton, former UK Cabinet Secretary. The subject for discussion on...

Read more at: Dr. Liddell appointed to Expert Board for “Study on the Economic Impact of SPCs”

Dr. Liddell appointed to Expert Board for “Study on the Economic Impact of SPCs”

27 April 2017

Dr Kathy Liddell has been appointed to the Expert Board for Copenhagen Economics’ successful proposal to the European Commission (DG GROW) to prepare its “Study on the economic impact of SPCs, Pharmaceutical incentives and rewards in Europe” . The overall objective of the project is to shed light on the effects of IP-...

Read more at: Prof. Knoppers and Dr. Yotova to speak on the topic of gene editing

Prof. Knoppers and Dr. Yotova to speak on the topic of gene editing

27 April 2017

On 25th May 2017, LML Visiting Scholar Prof. Bartha Knoppers and LML Member Dr. Rumiana Yotova will be speaking on the topic of gene editing. These presentations will be given as part of an event organised by the PHG Foundation: 'Gene editing: from innovative science to effective policy'. (See corresponding listing in LML...

Read more at: Dr. Powles publishes ‘Google DeepMind and Healthcare in an Age of Algorithms’.

Dr. Powles publishes ‘Google DeepMind and Healthcare in an Age of Algorithms’.

21 March 2017

Dr. Powles publishes ‘Google DeepMind and Healthcare in an Age of Algorithms’. A new study co-authored by LML member Dr. Julia Powles and The Economist’s Hal Hodson examines in detail Google DeepMind’s entry into the healthcare space. The paper , published in the journal Health and Technology , critically analyses the...

Read more at: Dr Liddicoat and Dr Liddell publish Workshop Report on Open Innovation with Large Bioresources

Dr Liddicoat and Dr Liddell publish Workshop Report on Open Innovation with Large Bioresources

30 December 2016

On December 22 2016, a report on 'Open Innovation with Large Bioresources' was published by Dr Liddell and Dr Liddicoat. This report is from a Cambridge Workshop on the openness of large bioresources in synthetic biology and genomics (e.g. the 100,000 Genomes Project), held on 28 January 2016. Research in SB and Gx depends...

Read more at: Workshop on “Diseased Kidney Transplantation”: legal issues surrounding 'extended criteria' donors

Workshop on “Diseased Kidney Transplantation”: legal issues surrounding 'extended criteria' donors

17 December 2016

In July 2007, the administrative guideline of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan introduced a new clause prohibiting doctors from transplanting a “diseased kidney” except as part of clinical research. Several patient groups and some legal scholars support this position, while other legal scholars assert...

Read more at: Dr Erdos delivers WYNG-Hatton Lecture: “Data Protection in an Age of User-Generated Content”

Dr Erdos delivers WYNG-Hatton Lecture: “Data Protection in an Age of User-Generated Content”

25 November 2016

The majority personal information available online is now in some sense user-generated and most of this is subsequent to further processing by service providers pushing, structuring and aggregating the content. The new ecosystem raises unprecedented challenges for the data protection framework both as regards the...

Read more at: Sculpting evolution? A multidisciplinary workshop explores regulatory, legal and ethical perspectives of gene drive.

Sculpting evolution? A multidisciplinary workshop explores regulatory, legal and ethical perspectives of gene drive.

15 November 2016

Gene drives are natural genetic systems that enable genes to spread rapidly within entire populations. By harnessing the power of these systems, society could significantly impact evolution. Their use thus raises difficult social, legal, ethical and environmental questions. While gene drive systems do exist in nature (and...

Read more at: Workshop on the Future of Genomic Medicine Patents in Europe and the US

Workshop on the Future of Genomic Medicine Patents in Europe and the US

6 November 2016

The decision by the United States Supreme Court to deny the petition for review in Ariosa Diagnostics v Sequenom placed the patenting of diagnostic tests to the forefront of medical policy, bringing into sharp focus the potential conflict between facilitating access to the latest diagnostic techniques and encouraging...

Read more at: Festival of Ideas: Is earlier necessarily better?

Festival of Ideas: Is earlier necessarily better?

2 November 2016

On 24 th October a packed audience gathered at the McCrum lecture theatre in the heart of Cambridge to attend the Festival of Ideas event "Is earlier necessarily better?" To our knowledge this was the first ever cancer-themed event to feature in the Festival of Ideas, which generally focuses more on the arts and social...

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