#genetics

EPIGENomics and Health Care Policy

EPIGENomics and Health Care policy: Challenges and Opportunities December 1-3, 2014 IEO, via Adamello 16 Milan, Italy (Go to the site of conference) The rise of epigenomics has been exponential over the last decade, in terms of scientific breakthroughs and technological advances as well as in the public salience of its discourse. Its impact is ... EPIGENomics and Health Care Policy

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NIH program explores the use of genomic sequencing in newborn healthcare

The US National Institutes of Health has announced that it will spend $25 million over five years to support a program looking into the medical and ethical repercussions of sequencing the DNA of babies. The awards will fund studies on the potential for genome and exome sequencing to expand and improve newborn health care. Genomic ... NIH program explores the use of genomic sequencing in newborn healthcare

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The Karp Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics

On Wednesday 3rd of April I took a tour of Karp Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics in Cambridge Massachusetts with my 7 year old son. The tour was organized by Christina Nicolson as part of her work to promote science to children. The tour was aimed at children from 8 years ... The Karp Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics

Jonathan Hankins

DNA Design – La genetica consapevole come nuova pratica tra scienza e società

TESI DI LAUREA 2011-12 Chiara Viscardi Politecnico di Milano Design del Prodotto per L’innovazione 20×21 cm, 217 pagine   Negli ultimi anni ci sono stati enormi cambiamenti nel mondo della scienza genetica. Con grandi avanzamenti come il completamento della sequenza umana, la conoscenza della genetica ed il ruolo dei geni non sono è più riservati ... DNA Design – La genetica consapevole come nuova pratica tra scienza e società

Ripensare l’uomo nel XXI secolo

Nell’ultimo decennio la scienza biomedica è stata protagonista di una fortissima accelerazione, dovuta allo sviluppo di nuove tecnologie che permettono di studiare con una precisione sempre maggiore i meccanismi che sono alla base della vita e di intervenire per modificarli, con finalità terapeutiche o di human enhancement. I gameti che, unendosi, danno origine a una ... Ripensare l’uomo nel XXI secolo

Margherita Fronte

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3

(…continues from the previous entry). During the afternoon panel Sharon Terry of the Genetic Alliance explained her interest in creating partnerships between genetic databases in order to use the massive number of participants and wealth of genetic materials available but currently divided between different databases. She talked about the need to move the information about ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3

Jonathan Hankins

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2

(…continues from the previous entry). On the following day the Harvard STS program hosted a workshop entitled Architectures for Life to continue the debate. Guests and speakers included many world leaders in the field of genetics including George Church of the Harvard and Wyss Institute, who took part in the opening panel of the day ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2

Jonathan Hankins

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1

On the 17th of April I attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe. The event which was entitled “Deleterious Me: Whole Genome Sequencing, 23andMe, and the Crowd-Sourced Health Care Revolution” was part of the Science and Democracy lecture series, organized by Sheila Jasanoff at the John F ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1

Jonathan Hankins

Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Report and Video

WORKSHOP at ECAP7 Sept 4th, 2011, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan Report, video and photos, abstracts. A REPORT by Virginia Sanchini The workshop was organized by Prof. Roberto Mordacci, chair of Moral Philosophy at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, and by Michele Loi, post-doc researcher at the same University. The aim of the ... Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Report and Video

Virginia Sanchini

Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics – 5/5 – Christopher Wareham

Event: ECAP 7. Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Date: 2011 09 04 Time: 33 min. Place: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/32074141 Report: Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Report and Video. ECAP7 Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Workshop September 4th 2011 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Part 5/5 Christopher Wareham (1/2) ... Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics – 5/5 – Christopher Wareham

Christopher Wareham

Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics – 4/5 – Nicole Vincent

Event: ECAP 7. Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Date: 2011 09 04 Time: 42 min. Place: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/32073382 Report: Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Report and Video. ECAP7 Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Workshop September 4th 2011 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Part 4/5 Nicole Vincent (1/2) ... Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics – 4/5 – Nicole Vincent

Nicole Vincent

Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics – 3/5 – Helena Siipi

Event: ECAP 7. Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Date: 2011 09 04 Time: 30 min. Place: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/32072776 Report: Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Report and Video. ECAP7 Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Workshop September 4th 2011 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Part 3/5 Helena Siipi ————–

Helena Siipi