2006
Eighth Annual Beckman Scholars Symposium
Stem Cell Research Panel Presenter
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Bernard
Lo , MD. Stem cell research: science, ethics, and policy |
| Stem
cell research poses difficult ethical and policy challenges, as well
as scientific opportunities. As more embryonic stem cell research
is funded, the ethical issue is no longer whether such research should
occur, but how to carry it out in an ethically acceptable manner.
This talk will analyze the current debate over public funding for
stem cell research, measures to protect the donors of biological materials
used in stem cell research of human stem cells into nonhuman animals,
and the protection of recipients of human stem cell transplants. Because
of the sensitivity of stem cell research and the lack of federal oversight
over much embryonic stem cell research, scientists and research institutions
need to develop policies that allow the public to trust that such
research is being carried out in a responsible manner.
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Dr. Bernard Lo is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Program in Medical Ethics at UCSF. He is National Program Director for the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics, a career development award for junior faculty members. He is co-chair of the Standards Working Group of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which will recommend regulations for stem cell research funded by the state of California under Proposition 71. He is also a member of the California Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee, which will recommend guidelines for stem cell research carried out in California funded from other sources. He chairs the UCSF committee on Gamete, Embryo, and Stem Cell Research, which oversees all such research. He previously served on the 1994 NIH Advisory Board on Research on Human Embryos and on the California Advisory Commission on Human Cloning (1998-2002). . |