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Bioethics Experts vs Ordinary South Africans on the Governance of Human Genome Editing

Bill of Health

By Donrich Thaldar On the issue of human genome editing (HGE), attitudes between bioethics scholars and the general public diverge, as highlighted by my team’s findings from a recent deliberative public engagement study. ” (Not one study participant relied on this objection during the more than 20 hours of deliberations.)

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Petrie-Flom Welcomes 2022-2023 Student Fellows

Bill of Health

These five students are a fantastic cohort of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics scholars who join us from across Harvard. Sarah Gabriele is a second year Master of Bioethics candidate at Harvard Medical School. We are excited to welcome a new group of Student Fellows to the Petrie-Flom Center family. Louis (USA).

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Legal Preparedness for Aging and Caregiving

Bill of Health

As a result of my personal experiences and my professional background as a Professor of Law and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, I wrote a book called Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow. In this article, I discuss the legal documents that every American adult should have.

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Introducing Petrie-Flom’s POPLAR and PULSE Affiliated Researchers on Psychedelics

Bill of Health

They completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Bioethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and received their PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters on mental health and the training of clinicians.

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Public Health Product Hops

Bill of Health

Regulatory and patent exclusivity periods govern the timing of generic entry, and because market share and revenue is often quickly lost upon market entry of generic drugs, extending market exclusivity for any duration can be extremely profitable. Glenn Cohen’s Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS.

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Peace and Health: A Causal Relationship Explored in the AMA Journal of Ethics

Jane Sarashon

With my ongoing focus on social determinants and drivers of health for health equity and access, the first essay that caught my attention is on Government Obligations and the Negative Right to a Healthy Urban Environment. The authors are affiliated with Case Western Reserve with interests in bioethics and medicine.

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The Not-So-Sacred Human Genome: What South Africans Think About Heritable Human Genome Editing

Bill of Health

The study engaged a diverse group of 30 South Africans in three evenings of deliberations on the governance of HHGE. We analyze this question from a legal perspective in this article.) As a participant stated during a plenary session, the South African government should develop a policy for HHGE “that’s more imaginative.”