Volume 18, Issue 1 - Fall 2008:Loyola University Chicago

Volume 18, Issue 1 - Fall 2008

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Ann Weilbaecher, Editor-in-Chief

Articles

Gene Patents: Promoting Discovery or Hindering Research?

Amy Fuetterer

Reprogramming the Future of Stem Cell Patents

Jana E. Harris, Ph.D.

Innovation v. Access: The Great Debate between Pharmaceutical Patent Holders and Generic Drug Manufacturers

Themistocles Frangos

Biotechnical Transfer: The Weaknesses and Strengths of Bayh-Dole

Heidi Schroeder

Regulation of Investigational Medical Devices: Benefits and Obstacles

Kendell L. Coker, Ph.D.

The Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008: Reducing the Uncertainty of the Effectiveness of New Medical Technologies

Ana Maria Echiburu

Consumer Use of Internet Health Information Resources

Marisa Franchini

The Benefits and Limitations of Electronic Medical Files

Robert Ybarra

A New Tort: The Unauthorized Disclosure of Medical Information and the Implications for Electronic Medical Records

Robert T. Pickrell

Licensure, Reimbursement and Liability in Telemedicine: An Academic's Perspective

Anika D. Clifton

Grey's Anatomy Meets Star Trek: How the Tele-ICU Has Forever Transformed Critical Care

Christina Laga