TY - JOUR
T1 - Stem cells in court
T2 - Historical trends in US legal cases related to stem cells
AU - Martinho, Andreia Martins
AU - Turner, Leigh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Future Medicine Ltd.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Using two legal research platforms, we identified 193 stem-cell-related legal cases that were decided in US courts. Classifying the cases by category, we examined historical trends in the types of legal cases related to stem cells. Major types of cases involved plaintiffs seeking to overturn denial of health insurance coverage decisions, disputes related to intellectual property, false advertising, breaches of contract, exposure to hazardous agents, regulatory decisions, stem cell procedures and professional standard of care, use of stems cells in research, and public funding of embryonic stem cell research. Analysis of court decisions provides insight into contemporary and historical legal issues related to stem cells and reveals the breadth of stem-cell-related cases now being decided by US courts.
AB - Using two legal research platforms, we identified 193 stem-cell-related legal cases that were decided in US courts. Classifying the cases by category, we examined historical trends in the types of legal cases related to stem cells. Major types of cases involved plaintiffs seeking to overturn denial of health insurance coverage decisions, disputes related to intellectual property, false advertising, breaches of contract, exposure to hazardous agents, regulatory decisions, stem cell procedures and professional standard of care, use of stems cells in research, and public funding of embryonic stem cell research. Analysis of court decisions provides insight into contemporary and historical legal issues related to stem cells and reveals the breadth of stem-cell-related cases now being decided by US courts.
KW - USA
KW - courts
KW - historical trends
KW - iPS cells
KW - lawsuits
KW - legal cases
KW - stem cells
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U2 - 10.2217/rme-2017-0002
DO - 10.2217/rme-2017-0002
M3 - Article
C2 - 28621208
AN - SCOPUS:85025827528
SN - 1746-0751
VL - 12
SP - 419
EP - 430
JO - Regenerative Medicine
JF - Regenerative Medicine
IS - 4
ER -