R. Alta Charo
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R. Alta Charo
Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics, Law School
racharo@wisc.edu
Research Description
Alta Charo’s research interests specific to regenerative medicine focus on health law, bioethics and biotechnology law, food & drug law, medical ethics, and reproductive rights. Her research has often focused specifically on the regulation of reproductive technologies such as IVF, on human embryo research, on the FDA regulation of stem cell and cloning research, and on the protection of human research subjects, including those donating tissue to stem cell research. In 2005, she was appointed to the ethics standards working group of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Also in 2005, she helped to draft the National Academies' Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cell Research, and in 2006 she was appointed to co-chair the National Academies' Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee.
In 1994, Professor Charo served on the NIH Human Embryo Research Panel, and from 1996-2001, she was a member of President Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission where she participated in drafting its reports, including those on "Cloning Human Beings"(1997); "Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance"(1999); and "Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research"(1999); "Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries" (2001).
In 2005, she was appointed to the ethics standards working group of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Also in 2005, she helped to draft the National Academies' Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cell Research. In 2006, she was appointed to co-chair the National Academies' Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee, which issues annual updates and revisions to the Guidelines.
Selected References
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Regulations for the Ethical Practice of Stem Cell Research. Member of Standards Working Groups and principal drafter, with Lo, Lomax and Tocher, of all regulations. 2007.
National Academy of Sciences, Ethics Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cell Research (committee member) (April 2005) Liao, Goldschmidt, Sugarman, Bok, Brown, Charo, Faden, Hare, Kahn, Kurtzberg, Manton, Moreno, Shanwani, Sulmasy, Taylor, Zoloth. Ethical and Policy Issues Related to Progenitor Cell-Based Strategies for Prevention of Atherosclerosis. Journal of Medical Ethics. Accepted.
Daley, Ahrlund-Richter, Auerbach,, Benvenisty, Charo, Chen, Deng, Goldstein, Hudson, Hyun, Junn, Love, Lee, McLaren, Mummery, Nakatsuji, Racowsky, Rooke, Rossant, Scholer, Solbakk, Taylor, Trounson, Weissman, Wilmut, Yu, Zoloth. The ISSCR guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research. Science 315(5812):603-604. February 2, 2007.
Charo. Body of Research – Ownership of Human Tissue. New England Journal of Medicine 355(15):1517-1519. October 12, 2006.
Charo, Fear and the First Amendment and Scientific Freedom. The Hastings Center Report 12-36(5):13. September/October 2006.