[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16449]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on 
September 8-9, 2005

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 twenty-first meeting, at which, among other 
things, it will continue its discussion of ethical issues relating to 
the treatment of the aged and the long-term care of patients with 
dementia. Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (though not on 
the agenda for the present one) include: Cloning, assisted 
reproduction, reproductive genetics, IVF, ICSI, PGD, sex selection, 
inheritable genetic modification, patentability of human organisms, 
neuroscience, 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), Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New 
Biotechnologies (March 2004), and Alternative Sources of Human 
Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White Paper (May 2005).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, September 8, 2005, from 9 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. e.t.; and Friday, September 9, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 12:30 p.m. e.t.

ADDRESSES: Wyndham City Center, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20037. Phone 202-775-0800.
    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 am, on Friday, September 9. 
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 10, 2005.
Richard Roblin,
Acting Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. 05-16449 Filed 8-18-05; 8:45 am]
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