Research Fellow Dr. Klein on Healthcare and CVS-Aetna Merger

CVS Health and Aetna Insurance recently announced their intent to merge. This would combine the nation’s largest pharmacy chain and the nation’s largest health insurer. The healthcare industry has seen consolidation on several fronts. But a merger of this kind may be driven by a potential new, tech-savvy competitor: Amazon. Having a tech giant step into […]

NIH’s “All of Us” Beta Launch!

After months of discussion and reports on the NIH‘s nation-wide genomic “All of Us”* research program, the ground-breaking beta testing phase has begun.  To make sure the project is efficient & effective, the process will move gradually.  The program’s purpose is to promote health research and medical discoveries, via genomic testing, enabling personalized early disease […]

Technology Triple Trivia

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. 1. What seemingly greedy tactics by some for-profit labs are hurting a valuable scientific undertaking? Hint: Answer: many doctors wouldn’t think twice about participating in a pharmacogenomics study to ensure their patients are taking the right medication, dose or experience fewer side effects.  Pharmacogenomics, which involves assessment of an […]

Marchant co-authors article in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology

  Gary Marchant An article, co-authored by Regents’ Professor Gary Marchant, Faculty Director of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law‘s Center for Law, Science & Innovation, was featured in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Marchant co-authored the article with Rachel Lindor, M.D., J.D., a resident at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The article titled, […]

REMINDER: October LSI Open Cluster Meeting

Professor Gary Marchant‘s Personalized Medicine Research Cluster is holding an open meeting Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 12p-1p in the law library conference room.  The meeting will feature student presentations on Epigenetics and the Fetus: Legal Implications and Plavix PGx Testing.  All are welcome to attend & lunch will be served.   Please RSVP by Friday, October […]

2013-14 Center for Law, Science & Innovation Open Cluster Meetings

The Center would like to welcome all those interested to participate in the following 2L and 3L research cluster meetings.  This is a terrific opportunity for 1Ls and 2Ls to familiarize themselves with the clusters as a credit option for 2014-15. Faculty and advisory board members are also invited and encouraged to attend.  Lunch will […]