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Bioethics
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Health Law Prof Blog
It is Better to Be Ignorant of Our Moral Enhancement: A Reply to Zambrano
Parker Crutchfield (Western Michigan University), It is Better to Be Ignorant of Our Moral Enhancement: A Reply to Zambrano, 34 Bioethics 190 (2020):In a recent issue of Bioethics, I argued…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
California Appeals Court: Deceased Husband’s Sperm has no Value if it Cannot Actually be Used
After her husband fell into an irreversible coma, a woman had his sperm extracted and stored at a tissue bank in hopes that she could one day conceive a child…
Health Law Prof Blog
Introducing Contributing Editor Professor Sharona Hoffman
The HealthLawProf Bogging Team is very proud to announce its newest Contributing Editor, Professor Sharona Hoffman. Sharona Hoffman, JD, LLM, SJD, is the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and is…
PrawfsBlawg
“What It Means To Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics”
Main Wednesday, March 25, 2020"What It Means To Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics"Congratulations to my friend and Notre Dame colleague, Carter Snead, on his forthcoming…
The Right Coast
Elon Musk: Happy Totalitarian – Crisis Magazine
Such is the laudable, primary goal of Musk s venture: to help those with brain injuries, abnormalities, and degenerative conditions. Two great technological breakthroughs in this effort are the amazing…
PrawfsBlawg
Birth Rights and Wrongs
Main Tuesday, May 21, 2019Birth Rights and WrongsMy wonderful colleague Dov Fox has a new fascinating book out this week - Birth Rights and Wrongs: How Medicine and Technology are…
Family Law Prof Blog
More on Genetically-Edited Babies
By Family Law
From The Verge:It’s still unclear whether researcher He Jiankui truly used a powerful gene-editing tool called CRISPR cas-9 to enhance the ability of twin girls (“Lulu” and “Nana”) to resist HIV. Nobody…
The Right Coast
Chinese Scientist Claims to Use Crispr to Make First Genetically Edited Babies – The New York Times
Ever since scientists created the powerful gene editing technique Crispr, they have braced apprehensively for the day when it would be used to create a genetically altered human being. Many…
Focus on Regulation
The new Belgian Biobank legislation will apply on 1 November 2018: are you ready?
By Fabien Roy, Alexander Wenzel
The new Belgian Royal Act of 9 January 2018 on Biobanks will apply on 1 November 2018. The Royal Act implements Article 22 of the Belgian Law of 19 December…
The Faculty Lounge
Call for Abstracts: Consuming Genetics: The Ethical and Legal Considerations of Consumer Genetic Technologies
An announcement from our friends at Harvard Law's Petrie-Flom Center Conference date: May 17, 2019 Abstract Submissions Due: October 15, 2018 The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and…