Stem Cell Research: Seminar
Fall term, Block D
Th 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Visiting Professor Russell Korobkin
2 classroom credits LAW-98841A Fall
This seminar will focus on the range of legal and policy issues raised directly or indirectly by the current excitement in the scientific community over stem cell research. Topics will include the following: federal funding of embryonic stem cell research; therapeutic (research) cloning and reproductive cloning purposes; whether stem cells themselves should be patentable; ownership of intellectual property issues in publicly funded research; informed consent issues in stem cell research; tissue markets for biomedical research, and regulation of stem cell treatments through the regulatory and tort systems. Grades will be based on active participation in seminar discussions and a research paper (and presentation) analyzing a specific issue(s) or critically assessing a reading/set of readings.