Health Law Review articles from June 2008

Health Law Review archives from June 2008

The science of nutrigenomics.(Canada)
June 22, 2008... Introduction The etiology of complex chronic diseases involves both environmental and genetic factors, with environmental influences such as diet exerting a greater effect among individuals with certain genetic profiles. Nutrition is...

Regulating nutrigenetic tests: an international comparative analysis.
June 22, 2008... Introduction In September 2007, the decoded genome of J. Craig Venter, a pioneering genetics researcher, was released to the world. (1) This achievement attracted worldwide media attention, with stories making the inevitable leap from the...

Canadian legal oversight of pharmacogenomics and nutrigenomics.
June 22, 2008... Equipped with the knowledge that the Human Genome Project yielded, (1) biomedical researchers and clinicians are looking to enhance human health. Research to understand both the interaction between genes and pharmaceutical drugs and the...

The regulation of nutrigenetic testing: a role for civil society organisations?
June 22, 2008... Introduction In March 2005, Pharmacogenetics Reporter ran a story describing how the nutrigenetic biotechnology company, Sciona, was moving its operations from the United Kingdom to the United States. (1) The report suggested that the move...

Nutrigenomics, mass media and commercialization pressures.
June 22, 2008... In 2004, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium published its scientific description of the finished human genome sequence containing 20,000 to 25,000 protein-coding genes. (1) The Human Genome Project (HGP), through political...

Nutrigenomics, popular representations and the reification of "race"?
June 22, 2008... I. Introduction The concept of "race" has long been controversial. Not only is it a profoundly socially divisive notion, its relevance to the biomedical research community remains contested. Few in the scientific community would claim that...

Intellectual property and nutrigenomics.
June 22, 2008... Introduction Evidence for the connection between good nutritional regimens and healthy living comes from many quarters: personal testimony, folk wisdom, cross-cultural comparisons, dietetics, naturopathy and other health care modalities,...

An empirical analysis of the legal frameworks governing genetic services labs in Canadian provinces.
June 22, 2008... Introduction In Canada, the regulatory framework governing genetic tests is complex and is not systematically harmonized across the Canadian provinces or between different legal jurisdictions. For example, when genetic tests are sold as...

Cost recovery and the future of the medical device regulation program in Canada.
June 22, 2008... It is a perennial problem that some government programs seemingly have an abundance of financial capacity while others seem chronically under-funded. Over the years, legislators, ministers, and other government officials have tried a variety of...

Mental Health and Canadian Society: Historical Perspectives.(Book review)
June 22, 2008... Canada is by no means inundated by scholarship surrounding the history of people with mental health problems or intellectual disabilities. Despite the existence of some fine essays and treatises on narrower topics, as the Editors of this...