Topic
Bioethics
298 published works
Focus on Regulation
Four New Public Consultations on Clinical Trials
By Elisabethann Wright, Tina Debeljak
On 1 June 2016 the European Commission ("EC") launched four new public consultations relating to clinical trials. The public consultations will gather recommendations on the following topics: Risk proportionate approaches…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Woman Faces Fight to Use Dead Partner’s Sperm
The Chronicle (May 30, 2016): Woman Faces Fight to Use Dead Partner's Sperm, by Andrew Backhouse:A Queensland woman, granted judicial permission to extract sperm from her deceased fiance will likely…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Transcript to the Oral Argument in United States v. Texas
Here it is. Lyle Denniston analyzes the argument on SCOTSBlog and reads the tea leaves as indicating a possible win for the Obama administration. KJ
PropertyProf Blog
Ram on Swanson’s Banking on the Body
Natalie Ram (Baltimore) has posted Book Review: Body Banking from the Bench to the Bedside (Harvard Law Review) on SSRN.
The Faculty Lounge
The Future of Health Law and Policy: Petrie-Flom Center 10th Anniversary Conference
On March 29, current affiliates and alums (including myself) of Harvard Law's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics will converge on Cambridge for a day-long conference to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Should parents be allowed to use IVF to choose the sex of their baby?
CNN (Feb. 26, 2016) Should parents be allowed to choose the sex of their baby?, by Carina Storrs:Prospective parents may have preferences on whether they have a boy or girl. …
The Right Coast
YaleNews | Shaping tomorrow s smart machines: Q&A with bioethicist Wendell Wallach
As intelligent machines continue to make their way into all sectors of society, a growing number of scientists, ethicists, policymakers, and business executives are converging on the idea that more…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Bioethicists Approve ‘3 Parent’ Embryos
The Washington Post (Feb. 3, 2016): Ethicists approve ‘3 parent’ embryos to stop diseases, but congressional ban remains, by Joel Achenbach: An advisory panel called together by the US Food and Drug…
The Faculty Lounge
How Should We Think About Whether To Donate Our Leftover, Non-Identified Tissue to Research?
Proposed changes to the federal Common Rule that governs most human subjects research would ask patients for the first time to decide whether to allow their non-identified, leftover tissue to…
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BioNews: Egg donors to challenge US payment rules in court
From BioNews: Egg donors are suing the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) in a class-action lawsuit for setting a 'price cap'…