Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
ISSN
0028-4793
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Language
en-US
Abstract
Michael Crichton's Next is a fictional creation of multiple catastrophes emanating from the real-life case of John Moore, in which the California Supreme Court ruled in 1990 that Moore did not own his cells after they were removed from his body. As human tissue has become commercially useful, and as tissue banks storing and providing samples for research have flourished, the question of who owns the tissue has become more vital. Next got mixed reviews, but even many scientists, such as Michael Goldman, who reviewed the book in Nature, agree with Crichton that it is imperative that we “establish clear guidelines for the use of human tissue” in medical research. Legal opinions from Florida and, most recently, Missouri supplement the Moore case and together provide a foundation on which to build these guidelines.
Recommended Citation
George J. Annas,
Rules for Donations to Tissue Banks: What Next?
,
in
358
New England Journal of Medicine
298
(2008).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/1292
Comments
From The New England Journal of Medicine, George J. Annas, Rules for Donations to Tissue Banks: What Next?, Volume 358, Page 298 Copyright ©(2008) Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission.