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Journal of Law and Genetics Blog Posts
Intellectual Property of CRISPR-Cas9 - Prioritising monopoly over innovation?
US patents grant inventors a 20 year monopoly over the technology in return for disclosing the details of how it works. [1]  This fuels...
Serena MacMillan
Dec 4, 20247 min read
Is the regulation of genetic parentage information (when mitochondrial replacement is used) an ethical approach?
Does the narrow scope of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 render the regulations unethical?
Serena MacMillan
Dec 15, 20244 min read
Should the UK law mirror Article 294 of the Dutch Penal Code?
Article 294 of the Dutch Penal Code needs to be satisfied for Physician Assisted Suicide to be lawful. This criteria does not...
Serena MacMillan
Dec 15, 20243 min read
The incompatibility of the end-of-life ‘blanket ban’ with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act
The UK law takes a binary approach to life-shortening care which is mirrored in the legal regulation of access to assisted suicide...
Serena MacMillan
Dec 15, 20243 min read
The inconstancy of Euthanasia law in theory and practice
Otlowski argues that significant inconsistencies exist between the law in theory and the law in practise highlighting the unjust nature...
Serena MacMillan
Dec 15, 20244 min read
The (unethical) Doctrine of Double Effect
The puzzling significance the UK law places on intention foresight when distinguishing between lawful and unlawful life-shortening practices
Serena MacMillan
Dec 14, 20244 min read
A medico-legal reflection on female cosmetic genital surgery and Female Genital Mutilation - an intersectional feminist critique of choice-feminism
On face-value, choice feminism empowers women to take control of their own lives; however this naive view disregards the...
Serena MacMillan
Dec 9, 202412 min read
Intellectual Property of CRISPR-Cas9 - Prioritising monopoly over innovation?
US patents grant inventors a 20 year monopoly over the technology in return for disclosing the details of how it works. [1]  This fuels...
Serena MacMillan
Dec 4, 20247 min read
The unscrupulous regulations surrounding non-medical professionals administering dermal fillers: A call for change
Dermal fillers injected into the face and lips can result in consequential complications  including: infection; [1] , [2]  a lumpy...
Serena MacMillan
Nov 30, 20246 min read
GI Genius: The Legal regulations for introducing Artificial Intelligence ‘machine-learning' onto the UK market
Meet the AI endoscope taking the medical industry by storm with the ability detect cancer missed by the human eye...
Serena MacMillan
Nov 24, 20246 min read
Mrs. Kalyani Rajan vs Indraprastha Apollo Hospital and Ors: Redefining the scope of Res Ipsa Loquitur: A Clinical Negligence Case Review
​The recent case of Mrs. Kalyani Rajan vs Indraprastha Apollo Hospital and Ors is a landmark judgement by the Indian Supreme Court...
Serena MacMillan
Nov 24, 20246 min read
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