[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52011-52012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19286]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on 
September 9-10, 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 eighteenth meeting, at which, among other 
things, it will continue its discussion of the ethical implications of 
developments in

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neuroscience. It will also continue discussing ethical issues relating 
to the treatment of the aged and end-of-life care. Subjects discussed 
at past Council meetings (though not on the agenda for the present one) 
include: cloning, stem cell research, 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); Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 2004), and 
Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies 
(March 2004).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, September 9, 2004, from 9 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET; and Friday, September 10, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 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, September 
10. 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 20006. Telephone: (202) 296-4669. 
E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://www.bioethics.gov.

    Dated: August 11, 2004
Yuval Levin,
Acting Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
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