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Court decision favors university in dispute over ownership of tissue samplesFrom: Dean Huffman . (dean@thehuffpeople.net)Sun Apr 16 18:01:29 2006
.. Court decision favors university in dispute over ownership of tissue samples On Friday, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri issued its decision in the case of Washington University v. William J. Catalona, M.D., et al., in which a former Washington University research investigator claimed that tissue samples he collected while a university employee were owned by the research participants who donated the samples and that the research participants had the right to direct the future use of the samples. Eight of the investigator's former patients joined the litigation to support this view. The Court found that Washington University--not the defendant--is the rightful owner of the tissue samples. In his ruling, Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh wrote, "Medical research can only advance if access to these [biological] materials to the scientific community is not thwarted by private agendas. If left unregulated and to the whims of a [research participant], these highly prized biological materials would become nothing more than chattel going to the highest bidder*the integrity and utility of all biorepositories would be seriously threatened*" The AAMC submitted an amicus brief to the Court in this case one year ago, supporting the university's position that it has an institutional responsibility to protect and preserve its tissue bank and to continue to make its biological materials available for research. Information: Go to http://prostatecure.wustl.edu
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