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The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a five-year grant of up to DKK 50 million to be shared between a consortium including LML at the University of Cambridge, CeBIL at the University of Copenhagen, the Petrie Flom Centre at Harvard, and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The partners will deliver the Inter-CeBIL providing insights, knowl…

Despite needing clearer definition and enforcement, anticipatory duties are important shields against the potentially negative impacts of rapidly developing scientific advancements, Dr Rumiana Yotova argues. Dr Yotova—an academic with the Cambridge Faculty of Law and LML—defines anticipatory duties as obligations to act with due diligence to maximi…

LML is delighted to announce that Professor Emily Jackson has been appointed to our Advisory Panel. Currently a Professor of Law at the LSE, Emily will provide input as a senior medical law academic. She has served as a member of the British Medical Association Medical Ethics Committee (2005-2022), Deputy Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryo…

The 2023 European Human Rights Law Conference was held at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law from 28 September to 29 September 2023, with the theme of 'Human Rights: Prospects, Possibilities, Fears and Limitations'.Led by Dr Kirsty Hughes, Dr Stevie Martin and Dr Stephanie Palmer, the conference was highly successful with more than 140 pres…

LML welcomes back Isaac Weldon, previously a Visiting Scholar, to his new appointment as a Senior Research Associate, commencing October 2023. Isaac is finalising his PhD in Political Science at York University, Toronto. He holds a Master of Science in International Health Policy (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political …

LML is delighted to announce that Professor Mateo Aboy has been promoted to Director of Research in Biomedical Innovation, AI, and Law at the University of Cambridge, effective 1 October 2023. Previously serving as the Principal Research Scholar for LML, Mateo pursues research at the interface between technology, law, and innovation. His research r…

The documentary film ‘In Our Lifetime’ premiered with great success on 20 September 2023 at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge, attended by LML members.As outlined by the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science and the Public: "In September 2022, 21 people from across the UK spent a week together in Wellcome Connecting Science, Hinxton just outside Cambri…

Transparent, enforceable regulations on human embryo models will benefit scientists and the public, argue A Foreman, S Franklin, E Jackson, C Rozeik, K K Niakan and LML Director Kathy Liddell.                Integrated and non-integrated stem cell-based embryo models (‘SCB-EMs’) are becoming widely adopted tools in biomedical research with distinct…

Matthew Leitch, a final year Cambridge undergraduate student, has been awarded the  'Hempsons Prize for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences.' The award recognises the student who achieves the best first-class result in either LLM Paper 1 (Law, Medicine and Life Sciences) or the Tripos Law Seminar 50E (Law and Ethics of Medicine). The Hempsons Prize is…

LML’s Professor Kathy Liddell is actively involved in the Governance of Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models (G-SCBEM) Working Group, a pioneering project initiated by the University of Cambridge. This ground-breaking initiative aims to develop the first governance framework for research involving stem cell-based human embryo models in the UK.Led by Cambr…

Qualitative and quantitative empirical methods are playing an increasingly important role in intellectual property law research. Hence it became the focus of collected edition, including a chapter by  L C Druedahl and LML members Prof. Mateo Aboy and Prof. Timo Minnsen. Empirical approaches, they argue, allow an understanding of how patent and trad…

Dr Stevie Martin, a member of LML, has published a case note on 'The right to life at the end of life' in Medical Law International. It delves into the complexities of legalizing assisted dying and its compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).The case note focusses on the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Mo…

From 14-15 June 2023, a group of LML members attended Sustainable Health Innovation, Grand Challenges & the Law, a symposium hosted by the University of Copenhagen. This event marked the conclusion of the Collaborative Innovation Program In Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL). International experts discussed the legal, ethical, social, and policy imp…

LML is pleased to announce the publication of "The Frontiers of Medical Negligence and Diagnosis: An Interview-Based Analysis", co-authored by LML’s Professor Kathy Liddell and Associate-Professor Jeffrey Skopek with Isabelle Le Gallez and Dr Zoë Fritz.The article delves into the critical issue of medical diagnosis errors and the legal implications…

Dr Stevie Martin, a member of LML, recently presented evidence on human rights and assisted dying to the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Human Rights. The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights is a body comprising twelve members from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It examines human rights within the United Kingdom and th…