The Hellenic National Bioethics Commission issued a Recommendation containing reservations as to the use of mitochondrial DNA due to lack of adequate experimentation. The same Recommendation included a proposal for the legislative definition of the licensing prerequisites for medical units that perform mitochondrial DNA change. Recommendation Source
Thessaloniki International Conference 20 years after Oviedo Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine announces Christian Byk, John Harris, George Serghides and Rita Vassena as Keynote Speakers, 8-9 December 2017. The Conference will be hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece, at the premises of Medical Chamber of Thessaloniki, jointly organised by Laboratory for the Research of Medical Law and Bioethics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Law) and Medical Chamber of Thessaloniki, as well as Erasmus University of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and University of…
The Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation funds medical research teams, at Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, empowering their world-class scientists and physicians to join forces and address the most urgent questions in cancer biology/oncology in daring and innovative ways. 2nd Annual Gala - The Wings to Cure to benefit the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University Saturday, October 14, 2017 6 p.m. - Midnight Hilton Chicago 720 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 Black tie,…
The draft “European Accessibility Act” (EAA) sets out requirements to make a number of products and services more accessible. The list includes: ticketing and check-in machines, ATMs, PCs and operating systems, phones and TV equipment, consumer banking services, e-books, e-commerce, transport, including public urban transport such as underground, rail, tramway, trolleybus and bus, and the related services, MEPs clarified, other items, such as payment terminals, e-book readers, websites and mobile device-based services offered by audiovisual media and tourism services were…
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Τhe following paper can be used as reference to the lecture "Confidentiality and Euthanasia". Laskaridis Booklet
by Emmanuel Laskaridis, LL.M. (Heidelberg), Dr. iur. (Heidelberg), Teaching Assistant at the Law School of Athens University, Barrister at Law in Athens, Member of the Greek National Authority for Human Assisted Fertilisation A. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL SCIENCE Medicine and law have been differentiated since thousands of years and are now methodologically categorized in different scientific domains. Medicine appertains to the exact and natural sciences whereas law is a theoretical science. However, these two bear many similarities.…
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The Laboratory for the Research of Medical Law and Bioethics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) is exceptionally pleased to announce the organisation, in cooperation with ELSA Thessaloniki, of the 2nd International Summer School of Medical Law and Bioethics on "The end of life: legal, medical and ethical issues". The Summer School will be conducted in English, by faculty members and doctoral students from AUTh and from other universities in Greece and abroad, as well as by specialised jurists…
Join healthcare policymakers, executives, entrepreneurs, scholars, and students across disciplines for a series of panel discussions and presentations addressing rural health disparities. The goal: identify ongoing solutions to our local and national rural health crisis. Walker Room, Rusk Hall, 9:00AM - 4:30PM, April 21, 2017, Athens, GA Agenda | Source
