2006 Symposium: Stem Cells



The UCLA Center for Society and Genetics
Fourth Annual Symposium:

Stem Cells:
Promise and Peril in Regenerative Medicine


February 5, 2006
Grand Horizon Room, Sunset Conference Center
UCLA



Co-Sponsors: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Greenwall Foundation: Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA; UCLA Anderson School of Management; UCLA College of Letters and Science; UCLA School of Dentistry; UCLA School of Public Affairs; UCLA School of Public Health


More than a year has passed since Californians voted to authorize $3 billion for stem cell research, which promises treatments for a host of diseases from Alzheimer's to cancer to AIDS. Proposition 71's proponents predicted financial windfalls for California and beyond. But who will receive these promised therapies and how? Who will regulate the marketplace for human tissue? The nation's leading experts will explore the ethical and legal obligations of society's increasing power to manipulate these early cells from which all life emerges.



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Matthew Nisbet

Political Communication and Proposition 71

Susan Hackwood

The Benefits and Pitfalls of State Refunded Research

Susan Hackwood,
Matthew Nisbet

Q&A

Wylie Burke

Perspective on the Intended and Unintended Effects of Regenerative Medicine on Public Health

Gerald Kominski

Issues of Cost Quality and Access

Simin Liu

Implications for Prevention and Chronic Disease

Mildred Cho

Egg Donation: Inequities in Participation and Access

Wylie Burke,
Gerald Kominski,
Simin Liu,
Mildred Cho

Q&A

Yann Joly

Stem Cell Patents in International Perspective

Yann Joly,
Rebecca Eisenberg,
Richard Warburg

Q&A

Steve Peckman

IRB Review and Informed Consent

David Burgett

Complying with the Federal Funding Restriction on Stem Cell Research

Edward McCabe

Stem Cells and Ethics

Sally Gibbons,
Edward McCabe

Q&A

Lynne Zucker

Science to Commerce in the Birth of the Stem Cell Industry

Joe Wise

Stem Cell Research and the Role of Secondary Education

Kevin Fitzgerald

Stem Cell Research: A Religious Perspective

Patrick Terry

The Not-So-Simple Patient Advocate Perspective

Kevin Fitzgerald,
Patrick Terry,
Joe Wise

Q&A

Albert Carnesale,
Edward McCabe

Introduction - AM

Joe Palca

Breaking News: How the Media Report Stem Cell Research

Owen Witte

Introduction to the Biology of Stem Cells

Russell Korobkin,
Stephen Munzer

Stem Cells and the Law

Glenn McGee

Stem Cells and Ethics: What's in the Dish?

Kevin Fitzgerald

Embryo Ethics: A Religious Perspective

Candace Coffee

The Promise of Regenerative Medicine: A Personal Statement

Gerald Levey

Introduction - PM

Joe Palca

Stem Cells in the News: How the Media Report Stem Cell Science

Matthew Nisbet

Science by Political Initative: Political Communication and Proposition 71

Michael Darby

From Bench to Bedside: Moving from Research to Treatment

Rick Deyo

Toning down the Hype: Lessons from Previous Cell-Based Therapies

Steve Peckman

The Consumer's Role in Science Policy: Patient Advocacy and Protections

Patrick Terry

The Consumer's Role in Science Policy: Patient Advocacy and Protections


Articles

Stanley, Erica. "Stem cell research entangled in issues." UCLA Today 2006 February 22; 26:10: 5.

Hsu, Charlotte. "Stem cell forum to link science, society." UCLA Daily Bruin 2006 January 31; 3. SITE

Whitaker, Diana. "Genome price race begins." UCLA Daily Bruin 2006 January 31; 3. SITE