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February 1, 2001
Media Contact: Sue
Pondrom (619) 543-6163
Free Public
Seminar Series to Cover Ethics & Policies Regarding Gene Science
The ethical and policy
challenges created by the genetic revolution will be discussed by national
experts in a free seminar series open to the public, beginning Friday, Feb. 2
at the UCSD School of Medicine in La Jolla.
All lectures will last
approximately 90 minutes and will take place in the Center for Molecular
Genetics Conference Room, UCSD School of Medicine, Gilman Drive.
Titled “Ethical and
Policy Challenges in the Genetic Revolution,” the program topics, dates and
times are:
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February
2, 2001
Noon
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GERM LINE GENETIC MODIFICATION – IN HUMANS?
Mark
Frankel, Ph.D., Director, American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS), Science & Human Rights Program and Program
for Dialogue on Science, Ethics & Religion
Gregory Stock,
M.D., Director, UCLA Program on Medicine,Technology & Society
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March
5, 2001
3:30
p.m.
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ETHICAL
AND POLICY PROBLEMS OF GENE THERAPY
Theodore
Friedmann, M.D., Director, UCSD Program in Human Gene Therapy
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March
12, 2001
3:30
p.m.
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GENETIC
ENHANCEMENT-ATHLETIC USES
Eric
Juengst, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve & AAAS Board Member
Johann
Koss, M.D., International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Doping
Agency
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April
9, 2001
3:30
p.m.
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POLICY
IMPLICATIONS OF NEW GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES
Thomas
Okarma, Ph.D., President, Geron Coporation
Maria
Ferrer, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health Office of
Technology Transfer
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April
17, 2001
Noon
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GENETIC
SCREENING
Edward
McCabe, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics, UCLA and
Chief Physician, Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
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April
30, 2001
3:30
p.m.
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MAMMALIAN
CLONING - HUMAN APPLICATIONS
Thomas
Murray, President, Hasting Center, an internal think tank at Cold
Spring Harbor that addresses moral problems brought on by advances
in the biomedical sciences
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May
7, 2001
3:30
p.m.
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DNA
SEQUENCE INFORMATION & PATENTING
Robert
Cook-Deegan, Ph.D., Institute of Medicine, National Academy of
Sciences
Kate
Murashige, Patent Attorney, Morrison & Foerster
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The
seminar series is sponsored by the UCSD Whitehill Chair of Medical Ethics, The
San Diego Science and Technology Council, and the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. For more information, call (858) 534-4268.
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