[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63763-63764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8968]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on 
November 16-17, 2006

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, 
MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-seventh meeting, at which it will 
(1) Hear an update on stem cell research; (2) hear presentations on and 
discuss issues in clinical applications of advancements in genetics, as 
well as genetics policy and ethics; (3) discuss policy options in organ 
procurement, transplantation, and allocation; and (4) hear a 
presentation on and discuss issues in the ethics of health care. Agenda 
items one through three are continuations of previous Council 
discussions; the fourth agenda item is a new area of potential inquiry 
for the Council. Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (although 
not on the agenda for the November 2006 meeting) include: human 
dignity, therapeutic and reproductive cloning, assisted reproduction, 
reproductive genetics, neuroscience, aging retardation, and lifespan-
extension. 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), Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A 
White Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our 
Aging Society (September 2005).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, November 16, 2006, from 9 
a.m. to 5:15 p.m., ET; and Friday, November 17, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 
12 noon, ET.

ADDRESSES: The Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1001 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202-682-0111.
    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 11:45 a.m. on Friday, November 
17. Comments are limited to no more than

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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 to Ms. 
Gianelli at one of the address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director of 
Communications, The President's Council on Bioethics, Suite 700, 1801 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/296-
4669. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://www.bioethics.gov.

    Dated: October 16, 2006.
F. Daniel Davis,
PhD., Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. 06-8968 Filed 10-30-06; 8:45 am]
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