A ticklish issue: Tissue rights--once removed, who does tissue belong to?

[Lani]

http://www.surgicalroundsonline.com/issues/articles/2006-11_03.asp

[Lani]

http://prostatecure.wustl.edu/

[Joe]

This is something that the NBCC should address. We need a federal law to determine ownership of tissue samples.

Also the length of retention by the pathology labs vary from state to state.

As treatments become more targeted and drugs more expensive, it does not seem unreasonable that insurance companies will not pay for treatments unless certain markers in biopsied tissues indicate that the drug will be effective.

Regards
Joe