8 Apr 2021
Dr John Liddicoat participates in panel discussion on novelty and repurposing drugs
On 8 April 2021, Dr John Liddicoat (LML Senior Research Associate) participated in a panel discussion on novelty and second medical use patents. Hosted by Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review, ‘Why patent protection is Key to Commercialising Repurposed Drugs’ was a roundtable event which sought to discuss how stakeholders might use patents ma…
26 Mar 2021
Dr John Liddicoat selected as Thomas Edison Fellow
The Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship is a year-long non-resident programme that brings together leading scholars to develop research on topical issues. The Edison Fellowship is one of the centrepieces of the Centre for the Protection of Intellectual Property's mission to promote a better academic discussion about intellectual prop…
23 Mar 2021
Dr John Liddicoat and James Parish Quoted in UK IPO Review of AI and IP
Last year, the UK Government issued a call for views on artificial intelligence and IP. Dr John Liddicoat (Senior Research Associate) and Mr James Parish (CIPIL) made a short submission addressing AI inventorship. On 23 March 2021, the government published its response to the views it received. The government quoted Dr Liddicoat and Mr Parish on wh…
25 Feb 2021
COVID-19: Ethical frameworks for asymptomatic testing for workplaces and higher education institutions
LML is pleased to announce that two ethical frameworks for the asymptomatic Covid-19 testing in workplaces and higher education institutions, co-authored by LML Director Dr Kathy Liddell, has been published online.Many organisations are considering using asymptomatic Covid-19 testing programmes to reduce risk for individuals on their premises. In O…
22 Feb 2021
Registration Open for Baron de Lancey Lecture 2021 - Law, Hormones, and Sport: a level playing field?
Registration for the 2021 Baron de Lancey Lecture is now open!The 2021 Baron de Lancey Lecture: Law, Hormones, and Sport: A level playing field?How do we ensure a level playing field in sport given natural variations in human biology? When athletes’ biological levels differ from the norm set by their federation for a given sport, what is to be done…
25 Jan 2021
Save the Date - Baron de Lancey Lecture 2021: Law, Hormones, and Sport: a level playing field?
Update:Registration is now open! Please click here to register your attendance.The 2021 Baron de Lancey Lecture: Law, Hormones, and Sport: A level playing field?How do we ensure a level playing field in sport given natural variations in human biology? When athletes’ biological levels differ from the norm set by their federation for a given sport, w…
10 Jan 2021
Dr Isaac Weldon publishes article on a new, socio-ecological perspective on AMR governance
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. …
14 Dec 2020
Isolating Wandering Residents in Care and Group Homes
An article by Dr Kathy Liddell and several interdisciplinary co-authors has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry: 'Isolating residents including wandering residents in care and group homes: Medical ethics and English law in the context of Covid-19'The article addresses three central questions:In what circ…
7 Dec 2020
Dr Kathy Liddell and AMR Research Group published in WHO Bulletin
An editorial article by the International Network for AMR Social Science (INAMRSS) features in the latest volume of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation.INAMRSS is an open consortium of international academic centres focused on social science research and policy on antimicrobial resistance. Led by Professor Steven Hoffman (York University)…
7 Dec 2020
Dr Kathy Liddell discusses Cambridge’s Asymptomatic COVID-19 screening programme
On 5 December 2020, Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of LML) gave a presentation on the University’s asymptomatic COVID-19 screening programme, which was offered to 16,000 students.The seminar, organised and chaired by Dr Mark Lathrop (Director of the McGill Genome Centre), was part of a discussion group established to share experiences about public heal…
4 Dec 2020
Jinal Dadiya featured in Horizons Magazine
Jinal Dadiya (LML PhD Candidate) has been featured in Horizons, the University of Cambridge’s research magazine.The latest edition of Horizons shines a spotlight on reproductive research currently being undertaken at the University. Jinal provides a snapshot of the legal and regulatory issues raised by reproductive technologies such as IVF, gamete …
18 Nov 2020
Dr Kathy Liddell to Participate in CSaP Policy Leaders Fellowship Meeting
Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of LML) has been invited to participate in a CSaP Policy Leaders Fellowship meeting on human genome editing on 20 November 2020.The CSaP Policy Leaders Fellowship addresses the needs of the most senior policy makers, whether in Whitehall, Brussels, devolved administrations in the UK, or equivalent organisations, by provid…
10 Sep 2020
Dr Stevie Martin’s PhD thesis to be published as a book
LML are delighted to announce that Dr Stevie Martin’s PhD thesis, ‘Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights’, is to be published by Routledge.This book will examine the human rights implication of the ban on assisted suicide in England and Wales. More specifically, it will consider whether the Suicide Act 1961 is compatible with…
10 Sep 2020
LML members secure book contract with CUP
The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences is pleased to report that LML members Dr Stephanie Palmer and Dr Stevie Martin have secured a book contract with Cambridge University Press.Written in collaboration with Dr Kirsty Hughes, the book will address a range of topics within the remit of human rights law, including discussion of a number of m…
4 Sep 2020
Professor Mateo Aboy published in Nature Biotechnology
Mateo Aboy (LML Principal Research Associate) has co-authored a featured patent particle in Nature Biotechnology with Jacob Sherkow (Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law).The US Food and Drug Administration has been criticized for failing to expeditiously approve ground-breaking medical devices. Some commentators have sugge…
