Supreme Court Rules Human Genes Can’t be Patented

After years of back and forth, the question of whether naturally occurring human genes are patentable has been decided by the Supreme Court. Most Americans are not aware that about a quarter of their genes have been patented by companies and research institutions over the last few decades by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The…

ONE OF US GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ROME, 15th JUNE 2013

Istituto Sacro Cuore, Via Marsala, 42 – 00185 Roma1 Saturday 15th June 12:30 Registration 13:00 Working lunch: Presentations 14:15 Welcome address: by Mr. Carlo Casini MEP (President of the Constitutional Affairs Commission of the EU and President of the Movimento per la Vita Italiano) and Mr. Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP (Vicepresident of the EPP-ED Group, and…

The Science of Life

Bioethicist Speaks on Importance of One of Us Campaign Elisabetta Pittino of the “One of Us” Campaign interviewed Professor Justo Aznar Lucea, Doctor in Medicine from the University of Navarra and Director of the Life Sciences Institute at the Catholic University of Valencia, to learn about the scientific basis of the “One of Us” initiative.…