From the body to the body politic the World Congress for freedom of scientific research is a permanent forum of activities to promote freedom of research and treatment worldwide
07-09-2011
Eight National Congress of Luca Coscioni Association, operational secretariat of the World Congress (Rome, October 1-2, 2011)

The audiovideo recording of the first day session is now available

The Eight National Congress of Luca Coscioni Association was held October 1-2 in Rome. Former Spanish Minister of Health, Bernat Soria, now CABIMER – Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Françoise Shenfield, Clinical Lecturer in Infertility and Honorary Lecturer in Medical Ethics at UCL Medical School, London took part in the event. A video by Dr. Delia Ribas Valdés, the co-director of the Costa Rican Infertility Institute (Instituto Costarricense de Infertilidad) was also presented.

congress
Eduardo Basz
Miembro de APUSSAM (Asamblea Permanente de Usuarios y Sobrevivientes de Servicios de Salud Mental)
15-09-2011
Dignidad del riesgo, el usuario como sujeto social

El ejercicio de la capacidad jurídica y del consentimiento informado por parte de los usuarios se apoya en una expresión desafiante y movilizadora: la dignidad del riesgo. Dicho en los términos de la Red Mundial de Usuarios y Sobrevivientes de la Psiquiatría, se trata de crear “sólidos modelos alternativos para una respuesta social a las personas que vivencias locura, problemas de salud mental y trauma.

mental disorders
Carmen Sorrentino
Coordinator of the World Congress
Amedeo Santosuosso
President of the European Centre for Law, Science and New Technologies (ECLT), University of Pavia www.unipv-lawtech.eu
29-08-2011
Are gene patents eligible? A comment.

A recent ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed a lower court’s decision that Myriad Genetics’ composition of matter claims covering isolated DNA molecules were patent-ineligible products of nature “since the molecules as claimed do not exist in nature”.

patents
Antonio Stango
Member of the Nonviolent Radical Party
25-07-2011
A veiled ban on abortion in Russia

On the 7th of July, Valery Draganov, a member of the Russian Federation's Chamber of Deputies (Duma), introduced a bill on the "prevention of abortion and support for a child's life before as well as after birth".

Abortion
Carmen Sorrentino
Coordinator of the World Congress
21-07-2011
A closer look at stem cell frauds is needed

I have recently been forwarded an article by Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, commenting the negative effects of fraudulent uses of stem cells: “Stem cell clinics ripping off patients, bullying scientists” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43760409/ns/health-health_care/.

stem cells
Syndicate content

Via di Torre Argentina, 76 - 00186 Rome, Italy, phone 00 39 06 689 79 378
Fax 00 39 06 23 32 72 48, email info@freedomofresearch.org

Credits to:
Andrea Boggio (Project Manager)
Mihai Romanciuc (Website Manager)
Filomena Gallo (Secretary of Luca Coscioni Association )
Marco Cappato (Treasurer of Luca Coscioni Association and Project Ideator)

X
Connect
Sign in using Facebook
Loading