[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30139-30140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8069]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on June
22-23, 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-fifth meeting, at which, among other
things,
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it will hear presentations on and discuss issues in two broad areas (1)
organ transplantation and procurement and (2) newborn screening for
genetic disorders. The discussions in both areas are continuations of
previous Council discussions. Subjects discussed at past Council
meetings (although not on the agenda for the June 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, June 22, 2006, from 9:00
am to 5:15 pm, ET; and Friday, June 23, 2006, from 8:30 am to 12 noon,
ET.
ADDRESSES: St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th and K Streets, NW., Washington, DC
20006. Phone 202-638-2626.
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 am, on Friday, June 23.
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, NW., Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/296-
4669. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://www.bioethics.gov.
Dated: May 15, 2006.
F. Daniel Davis,
Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
[FR Doc. E6-8069 Filed 5-24-06; 8:45 am]
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