[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 50 (Monday, March 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12153-12154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5714]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on April 
1-2, 2004

AGENCY: The President's Council on Bioethics, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Leon R. Kass, M.D., 
chairman) will hold its sixteenth meeting, at which, among other 
things, it will release a report on the regulation of biotechnologies 
touching the beginnings of human life; continue its discussion of 
neuroethics; and begin discussing ethical issues relating to dementia 
and end-of-life care. Guest presenters will include neuroscientists 
Fred Gage of the Salk Institute; Thomas Jessell of Columbia University; 
and Jerome Kagan and Elizabeth Spelke of Harvard University. Subjects 
discussed at past Council meetings (and potentially touched on at this 
meeting) include: embryo research, assisted reproduction, reproductive 
genetics, IVF, ICSI, PGD, sex selection, inheritable genetic 
modification, patentability of human organisms, aging retardation, 
lifespan-extension, and organ procurement for transplantation. 
Publications issued by the Council to date include: Human Cloning and 
Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (July 2002); Beyond Therapy: 
Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (October 2003); Being Human: 
Readings from the President's Council on Bioethics (December 2003); and 
Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 2004).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, April 1, 2004, from 9 a.m. 
to 5:15 p.m. e.t.; and Friday, April 2, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 
p.m. e.t.

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, 2799 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
    Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at http://www.bioethics.gov.
    Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in 
person or in writing. At this meeting, interested members of the public 
may address the Council, beginning at 11:30 a.m., on Friday, April 2. 
Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or 
organization. As a courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director 
of Communications, in advance of your intention to make a public 
statement, and give your name and affiliation. To submit a written 
statement, mail or e-mail it to Ms. Gianelli at one of the addresses 
given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director of 
Communications, The President's Council on Bioethics, Suite 700, 1801 
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC

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20006. Telephone: 202/296-4669. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: 
http://www.bioethics.gov.

    Dated: March 8, 2004.
Dean Clancy,
Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. 04-5714 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]
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