/newsroom/taxonomy/term/327/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-universitys-centre-genomics-and-policy-receives-funding-create-ethics-and-governance-297695 <p>The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Klarman Family Foundation today announced $468,860 in collaborative funding to support ethical biomedical research and responsible data sharing for the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international effort to map all cells in the human body. The Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) at ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University will help guide and inform the approach and governance of data sharing to assist participating investigators to collect and share data.</p> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:53:03 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 168516 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/bartha-knoppers-awarded-2019-friesen-prize-295541 <p>¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University Professor Bartha Knoppers, a global leader in the study of legal, social and ethical issues related to biomedical research in human genetics and genomics, has been awarded the 2019 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research by the Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR).</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:22:43 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 152864 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/commentary-crispr-babies-what-does-mean-science-and-canada-293688 <p>In the wake of the announcement in China last November of the first ‘CRISPR babies’, Prof. Bartha Knoppers and researcher Erika Kleiderman from ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ’s Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) have published a commentary article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on the use of CRISPR gene-editing techniques.</p> Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:14:50 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 134997 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-american-academy-advancement-science-aaas-266392 <p><em>Hynes Convention Center - Boston</em></p> <h3><a href="https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session16826.html">Jumpstarting Neurological Research through Open Science – MNI & ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University</a></h3> <p>Friday, February 17, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM/ Room 208</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:56:05 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26712 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-vision-model-genomic-and-clinical-data-sharing-261214 <p><a href="/newsroom/"><strong><em>¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:02:38 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25949 at /newsroom /newsroom/bartha-knoppers Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24309 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/guidelines-human-genome-editing-257989 <p><em><strong>By Vincent C. Allaire</strong></em><br /> <a href="/newsroom/"><strong><em>Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> <p><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/baby_invitro_700x220.jpg" /></p> <p>Human genome editing for both research and therapy is progressing, raising ethical questions among scientists around the world.</p> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:56:57 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25114 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/big-data-genomics-researchers-call-cloud-support-253901 <p><span>Today in the journal Nature prominent researchers from Canada, Europe and the U.S. have made a powerful call to major funding agencies, asking them to commit to establishing a global genomic data commons in the cloud that could be easily accessed by authorized researchers worldwide.</span></p> Thu, 09 Jul 2015 14:39:34 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24302 at /newsroom