[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 2045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-276]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics
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-third meeting, at which, among other
things, it will continue the discussion on ethical issues relating to
children. 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), 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, February 2, 2006, from 9
a.m. to 5:15 p.m. e.t. and Friday, February 3, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. e.t.
ADDRESSES: The Madison, 15th and M Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Phone 202-862-1600.
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, February
3. 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: January 6, 2006.
F. Daniel Davis,
Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. 06-276 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am]
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