As Novartis waits for FDA action on its gene therapy Zolgensma, expected this month, the company has rolled out yet another round of data on the spinal muscular atrophy treatment. Read more in fiercepharma.com
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for dengue, Dengvaxia, but placed significant restrictions on its use. Read more in NYTimes.com
On the eve of DNA Day, leaders in the gene therapy community have co-signed a letter to Alex Azar, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging a “binding global moratorium” on germline editing. Read more in genengnews.com
The new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Bioethics Academy (SNFBA) will expand awareness of bioethics in Greece. Conducted through a partnership between the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University and the Bioethics Chair at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and exclusively supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the Academy will include components taking place […]
By looking at air quality, nutrition, infectious diseases, and human migration, this course will show you how increases in greenhouse gases impact public health. More information
Developed through a collaboration between HarvardX and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, PH 556x: Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A roadmap for getting results will provide learners with the valuable skills and simple, well-tested tools they need to translate promising innovations or evidence into practice. More information
With the increasing focus on research data, this course has been developed to address present and future researchers’ data management learning needs. More information
The course is designed for those who care about health and healthcare and wish to learn more about how to measure and improve that care – for themselves, for their institutions, or for their countries. More information
This law course includes interviews with individuals who have used surrogacy and sperm donation, with medical professionals who are experts in current reproductive technologies like In Vitro Fertilization and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, and bioethicists and journalists who study the ownership and use of genetic information within human tissue. Additional Harvard colleagues will also share with […]
Explore the ethical issues you confront each time you decide what to eat or purchase food. Join a diverse group of philosophers, food scientists, activists, industry specialists, and farmers in this exciting discussion. More information