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Reconstructing Embryos: The Legal Ramifications of iPSC Technology and the Dickey-Wicker Amendment
Nicholas Riley
B.F.A., summa cum laude, Southern Methodist University; J.D. Candidate 2023, The University of Chicago Law School.

I would like to thank Professor Lior Strahilevitz for his helpful guidance. I am also indebted to the Board of the Legal Forum for their comments and insight. Finally, I am grateful to Professor Henry T. Greely for his inspiring conversation.

Ultimately, this Comment will argue that the embryoids created from iPSCs should not be considered embryos for purposes of federal law. Instead, their use in research should be subject only to state and federal cloning laws.

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Fixing the Powerhouse of the Cell: Challenging the FDA's Prohibition of Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
Kendall Bryant
B.S., Florida State University, 2019; J.D. Candidate, The University of Chicago Law School, 2023.

I would like to thank Professor Emily Buss and the former and current staff of the Legal Forum for their thoughtful feedback and guidance on this piece. I am also grateful for the support from my friends and family along the way.

Many women long to be mothers one day. Motherhood can take different forms; it can be adopting children, birthing biological children, or nurturing a stepchild, to name a few options. Some women who want biologically related children run a high risk of their children being born with an incurable disease, endangering their chance for biological children to lead healthy lives.