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The Faculty Lounge
Call for Applications: Petrie-Flom Center Academic Fellowship at HLS, 2014-2016
PURPOSE: The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics is an interdisciplinary research program at Harvard Law School dedicated to scholarly research at the intersection of law and…
Louisiana Law Blog
You Can’t Patent My DNA: A brief on Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
By R. Devin Ricci and Pamela A. Baxter The question as to whether isolated strands of human DNA are patent eligible subject matter has finally been answered. The Supreme Court…
Health Law Prof Blog
DNA Art
According to an article in the NYT, an artist has collected DNA samples from litter on sidewalks, such as chewing gum and cigarette butts, and used those samples to extract…
The Healthcare Investor
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Grifols Acquires 60% of Spanish Biotech Firm Progenika
Grifols has announced it has acquired 60 percent of Spanish biotechnology firm Progenika Biopharma. Grifols, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, is one of the world's largest producers of plasma medicines. Progenika,…
The Healthcare Investor
Biotech M&A May See Boost in 2013
The biotech field may see an increase in M&A in 2013, according to a Boston Business Journal report. Contributing factors include expiring patents on notable drugs (such as the recent…
The Healthcare Investor
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Versartis Raises $25 Million in Series C Financing Led by Aisling Capital
Versartis, Inc. has announced it has raised $25 million in series C financing led by Aisling Capital. Versartis, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Two Scientists Receive Nobel for Cloning and Stem Cell Research
The New York Times: Cloning and Stem Cell Work Earns Nobel, by Nicholas Wade:Two scientists who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday helped lay the foundation for regenerative…
The Right Coast
“Avatar” project aims for human immortality by 2045
Russian media magnate Dmitry Itskov is heading "Avatar," a tremendously ambitious and far-reaching multidisciplinary research project that aims to achieve immortality in humans within the next three decades. He plans…
Health Law Prof Blog
Announcing Bill of Health, a New Harvard Law School Blog from the Petrie-Flom Center
Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center announces its latest venture: a new blog, Bill of Health. HealthLawProf Blog is pleased to be one of the collaborators on this project. Three of our…
Food Safety News
AC21 Report Won’t Drop Until After Election
By Dan Flynn
Possibly more important in the long run than California's vote on whether genetically modified foods should be labeled--which might not pass muster with federal courts anyway--will be the recommendations of…