Lori Andrews

Lori Andrews is a distinguished professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law; Director of Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute for Science, Law and Technology; and in Spring 2002, she was a visiting professor at Princeton University. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Yale College and her J.D. from Yale Law School.

Andrews is an internationally-recognized expert on biotechnologies. Her path-breaking litigation about reproductive and genetic technologies and the disposition of frozen embryos caused the National Law Journal to list her as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America."

Andrews has also been involved in setting policies for genetic technologies. She has been an adviser on genetic and reproductive technology to the United States Congress, the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and several foreign nations including the Emirate of Dubai and the French National Assembly. She served as chair of the federal Working Group on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project. She recently served as a consultant to the science ministers of twelve countries on the issues of embryo stem cells, gene patents, and DNA banking. She has also advised artists who want to use genetic engineering to become creators with a capital "C" and invent new living species.

Andrews is the author of ten books, including, "Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy" (West Publishing, 2002) (with Mark Rothstein and Maxwell Mehlman). In "The Clone Age", published in 2000, she offers a highly critical account of the motives and methods of a new breed of biological scientists. She expresses concerns about the role of venture capital in medical research and what she sees as technology racing ahead of legal and ethical ground rules.

In 2001, Andrews published two new books. Co-authored with sociologist Dorothy Nelkin, "The Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age" (Crown Publishers) discusses the psychological, social and financial impacts of the commercialization of human tissue. "Future Perfect: Confronting Decisions About Genetics" (Columbia University Press) outlines the policy models that Andrews recommends for consideration as we enter an age of increasing knowledge of the human genome.

Andrews' most recent book, "The Silent Assassin" (2007), the latest in the Dr. Alexandra Blake series, features a subplot involving the discovery of at least six human skulls brought back from the Vietnam War by American soldiers and now stored in a drawer at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This was based on a factual discovery Andrews made while researching her novel. On June 22, 2007, Andrews published an Op-Ed in the "New York Times" and the "International Herald Tribune" [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/22/opinion/edandrews.php International Herald Tribune, "Give back their bones", June 22, 2007, Lori Andrews] ] , coinciding with the White House visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam on the same day, as U.S. President George W. Bush talked to Triet about human rights and helping retrieve the remains of U.S. Army veterans who fell during the Vietnam War and are still unaccounted for. Andrews’ opinion piece pressed the issue that the U.S. should act as it wants others to act toward it and return the remains of the Vietnamese just as it is asking for their own to be returned.

Andrews is the author of more than 100 articles on genetics, alternative modes of reproduction, and biotechnology. Her media appearances include "Nightline" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show".

Bibliography

* "New Conceptions: A Consumer's Guide to the Newest Infertility Treatments, Including in Vitro Fertilization, Artificial Insemination,& Surrogate Mother." New York: St. Martins, 1984. ISBN 0312566107
* "State Laws and Regulations Governing Newborn Screening." National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health, Georgetown University, 1985. ISBN 0910059047
* "Assessing Genetic Risks: Implications for Health and Social Policy." National Academy Press, 1994. ISBN 0309047986
* "The Clone Age: Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology." Owl Books, 2000. ISBN 080506446X
* "Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age." New York: Crown, 2001. ISBN 0609605402
* "Future Perfect." New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN 0231121636
* "Genetics: Ethics, Law And Policy." West Law School, 2006. ISBN 0314162933
* "Sequence." New York: St. Martin's, 2006. ISBN 0312942451
* "The Silent Assassin." New York: St. Martin's, 2007. ISBN 0312352719

References

ee also

*Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
*Bioethics
*Biopolitics
*"Eugenics Wars" argument

External links

* [http://loriandrews.com/ Lori Andrews official website]
* [http://www.thehumanfuture.org/ Institute for Biotechnology and the Human Future]