title: An alternative to property rights in human tissue.
abstract: A three-tiered legal structure of the substances constitutive of human beings can accommodate property rights in new products created by the investment of labor in human tissue.
authors.affiliation: University of Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Swain
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Marusyk
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002460:Cell Line; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D028701:Patient Rights; D012106:Research; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement