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On Thursday 21 March 2024, LML hosted the Baron de Lancey lecture, which was delivered by Prof. Sir Jonathan Montgomery (University College London).The Baron de Lancey Lecture is an annual public lecture hosted by the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law. It provides distinguished lawyers with a…

The recent ‘De Novo’ pathway is a regulatory initiative of the FDA. It offers a less burdensome path to market than previous regulation, which encourages innovation for moderate-risk medical devices. Dr Ariel Stern and LML members Prof. Mateo Aboy and Dr Cristina Crespo evaluate the changes in their recent article.The three compare two US FDA’s reg…

As the Hatton-WYNG Junior Research Fellow in Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences, Ira’s research project will focus on the ‘ethics of care’. The ethics of care – a moral theory with feminist origins that emerged in the early 1980s – emphasizes that caring actions are morally valuable. Given that actions carried out within the medical context are prima…

In January 2024, LML director Prof. Kathy Liddell presented at a Public Dialogue for the Governance of Research using Stem Cell Based Human Embryo Models (G-SCBEM). Prof. Liddell provided a brief presentation to support the participants’ deliberation, sharing her thoughts on some of the important considerations for a governance model. During the pr…

A more sustainable level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be achieved by governing it as a socio-ecological challenge, Dr Steven Hoffman and LML Senior Research Associate Dr Isaac Weldon argue. In their paper, they look at antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as the outcome of the relationship between human societies and invisible microbial worlds. …

A new book co-edited by LML professors and Inter-CeBil collaborators provides innovative and practical suggestions for improving the law and ethics of data sharing in the health sciences. The main focus is the variety of regulations in this domain, including clinical trial transparency, trade secrecy, data access, AI training data, and health data …

After a busy successful year in 2022-23, we are delighted to share LML's Annual Report.

LML and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) held their joint annual Christmas party at Millworks on Monday 11 December 2023.It was a fantastic evening for the members of both centres, filled with laughter, quizzes and Christmas crackers!

LML director Prof. Kathy Liddell presented this December at the CMEL conference in Hong Kong. It was led by the co-Directors of CMEL, Calvin Ho and Gilberto Yeung, and generously supported by the WYNG Foundation and Hatton Trust. It was held at HKU's Law Faculty, on Centennial Campus, beneath Victoria’s Peak that looks out over the incredible lands…

LML member, Prof. Mateo Aboy, has been appointed as a Fellow at Stanford University’s new Centre for Responsible Quantum Technology. Part of the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology, the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology is a first. It aims to bring together the quantum community in multidisciplinary settings. The overarch…

LML member Dr Stephanie Palmer recently presented ‘Abortion and the precarity of rights’ at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. She offered the following summary of her talk:“The overturning of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court of the USA is a salient reminder of the uncertainty of rights.  Nor is restriction of abortion an isolated one: many…

The Cambridge Network for Values and Science (CANVAS) met on Friday 17 November 2023 at Newnham College, Cambridge. CANVAS is a collegial forum for a Cambridge-based ecosystem of law, social sciences, medical sciences and public engagement. The group was created to provide a space to touch base for those working at the intersection of biomedical is…

Prof. Mateo Aboy, Director of Research in Biomedical Innovation, AI, and Law at the University of Cambridge, shared his insights at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on 22 November 2023. His lectures focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, and evidence-based (empirical) IP research.The first lecture, based on h…

LML Affiliate Dr Zoë Fritz, a doctor and ethicist at the University of Cambridge Clinical School, spoke at the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogue at Selwyn College, Cambridge. The Dialogue focused on the question of whether assisted dying is compassionate or dangerous for society. This important discussion happened at a time when a Bill to enable…

LML welcomed a number of new members to the centre this academic year: Three new PhD members: Emma Scott, Quentin B Schafer and Marno Swart. Isaac Weldon, who returns to LML in a new position as Senior Research Associate.Professor Stephen Gilmore, Professor of Family Law, and Director of the Cambridge Family Law Centre.Dr Jennifer Cobbe, Assistant …