A Special CSEOL Symposium presented by The Program on Science, Techology and Society
Engineering the HUMAN GERMLINE Schoenberg Hall - UCLA Friday, March 20, 1998 9am to 5:30pm Doors Open 8:15am Open to the Public Admission Free
These general-interest talks consider the near-term prospects for preimplantation genetic therapy and explore the social and ethical dilemmas posed by altering the genes we pass to our children.
Information: UCLA Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life - Program on Science, Technology and Society (310) 825-1769 www.ess.ucla.edu/huge
9:00am Welcome and Introduction - Gregory Stock
9:15am A Vision for Practical Human Germline Engineering - John Campbell9:50am Beyond the Human Genome Project - Leroy Hood
10:40am Ethics and Safety - Daniel Koshland, Jr.
11:15am The Genetic Engineer’s Tool Box - Mario R. Capecchi
1:40pm A New Front in the Battle Against Disease - W. French Anderson
2:15pm Aging: A Target for Germline Engineering - Michael Rose
2:50pm In-Vitro Fertilization: From Embryo Selection to Genetic Design - Lee Silver
4:00pm The Road Ahead: Human Germline Engineering and Society - Moderated by Gregory Stock - includes the speakers, Andrea Bonnicksen, John Fletcher, James D. WatsonRecent Scientific breakthroughs suggest that the manipulation of the genetic instructions passed to our children is much nearer than previously assumed. It is time for scientists and ethicists to take a fresh look at the possibilities human germline manipulation may bring, and the challenges it may pose. This symposium, by providing a realistic scientific assessment of the technology’s potential over the next twenty years and reflecting on these possibilities is meant to serve as a foundation for the approaching public-policy debate.
The Program is sponsored by grants from The Greenwall Foundation
and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.