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Previous Volume 358:298-303 January 17, 2008 Number 3 Next

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Michael Crichton's Next¹ 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.² 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 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Case of John Moore

Moore in the Court of Appeals

Moore in the California Supreme Court

Greenberg v. Miami Children's

The Case of William Catalona

The Confusion

Resolving the Confusion

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From the Department of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston.

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