March 12, 1997

Science and Ethics of Cloning

Public Health and Safety Subcommittee members held a hearing about the science and ethics of cloning. Researchers and ethicists, including the Scottish scientist who successfully cloned an adult sheep in 1996, gave testimony on genetic research.

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George Annas Professor Boston University->Health Law
Leonard Bell Chief Executive Officer Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Kit Bond U.S. Senator [R] Missouri
Alta Charo Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison->Law School
Susan M. Collins U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Maine
Chris Dodd U.S. Senator [D] Connecticut
Pete V. Domenici U.S. Senator [R] New Mexico
Bill Frist M.D. U.S. Senator [R] Tennessee
James Geraghty President and CEO Genzyme Transgenics Corporation
Tom Harkin U.S. Senator [D] Iowa
James Jeffords U.S. Senator [R] Vermont
Ted Kennedy U.S. Senator [D] Massachusetts
Connie Mack III U.S. Senator [R] Florida
Karen H. Rothenberg Professor University of Maryland, College Park->Law
Harold E. Varmus M.D. Director National Institutes of Health
John Wallwork Director Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, U.K.->Transplant Unit
Ian Wilmut Embryologist Scotland

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Program ID:: 79601-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Mar 12, 1997 | 8:07pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Mar 16, 1997 | 2:00am EST | C-SPAN 2

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Mar 12, 1997 | 8:07pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Mar 13, 1997 | 12:10am EST | C-SPAN 2
Mar 15, 1997 | 4:36am EST | C-SPAN 2
Mar 15, 1997 | 1:27pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Mar 16, 1997 | 2:00am EST | C-SPAN 2

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