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Dr. Kass, Chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, delivered a lecture, titled “Science, Politics, and the Dilemmas of Bioethics.” Among the issues he addressed were the developmen…

Professor Leon Kass discussed his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics, published by Encounter Books. According to Dr. Kass, modern biomedical technolo…

Mr. Kass and Ms. Bok talked about stem cell research and legislation to expand federal funding for the research. The two ethicists represented opposite sides of the debate on embryonic stem …

Dr. Kass talked about embryonic stem sell research, focusing on scientific issues and values, ethical considerations in both conducting and funding the research, and political opinions and m…

Dr. Leon Kass, Chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, talked about a report by the Council on reproductive techniques and guidelines for assisted reproductive procedures. He also …

Dr. Leon Kass, Chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, talked about ethical issues involving human cloning and recent news of the first human reproductive clone by a private organi…

Participants talked about a report issued by the President’s Council on Bioethics. Among the topics they addressed were the ethics of human cloning, uses of cloning for biomedical research, …

Members of the President’s Council on Bioethics talked about human cloning and bioethics, concentrating on the ethical questions surrounding granting patents for medical and scientific resea…

Dr. Leon Kass presented and summarized some of the debate found in the council’s report on human cloning. Among the issues that the report examined were reproductive and therapeutic cloning,…

As part of a day-long conference on bioethics and human cloning, Doctor Ted Friedman talked to council members about genetic engineering and its potential use in sports. Following his remark…

The President’s Council on Bioethics Chairman, Dr. Leon Kass, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and talked about his role in advising President George H.W. Bush on cloning and stem cell res…