Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
Board on Life Sciences

Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning

August 7, 2001

The National Academies
Auditorium
2101 Constitution Avenue; 2100 C Street ,NW
Washington, DC

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Opening: Bruce Alberts
Audio of Bruce Alberts

8:30 a.m.
Welcome Irving Weissman (Chair), National Academies Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning and Karel and Avice Beekhuis Professor of Cancer Biology Stanford University
Audio of Irving Weissman

8:35 a.m.
Overview of Embryology (Moderator: Irving Weissman)
Virginia Papaioannou, Professor of Genetics and Development, Columbia University
Audio of Virginia Papaioannou

8:50 a.m.
Discussion
Audio of Discussion

9:00 am
Scientific Issues Underlying Cloning (Moderator: David Galas)
Audio of David Galas
Rudolf Jaenisch, Professor of Biology, MIT Whitehead Institute
Audio of Rudolf Jaenisch
Eric Schon, Professor of Genetics and Development, Columbia University
Audio of Eric Schon

9:45 a.m.
Audio of Discussion

10:00 am
Break

10:15 am
Reproductive Cloning in Animals (Moderator: Brigid Hogan)
Audio of Brigid Hogan
Alan Colman, Research Director, PPL-Therapeutics
Audio of Alan Colman
Jonathan Hill, Assistant Professor of Theriogenology, Cornell
Audio of Jonathan Hill
Peter Farin, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Farm Animal Health and Resource Management, North Carolina State University
Audio of Peter Farin
Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Professor of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology, University of Hawaii
Audio of Ryuzo Yanagimachi

11:15 a.m.
Audio of Discussion

11:30 am
Cloning for Stem Cells (Moderator: Anne McLaren)
Audio of Anne McLaren
Jose Cibelli, Vice-President of Research, Advanced Cell Technologies
Audio of Jose Cibelli
Peter Mombaerts, Head of Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Neurogenetics, Rockefeller University
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Alan Trounson, Deputy Director, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute, Australia
Audio of Alan Trounson

12:00 p.m.
Audio of Discussion

12:15 pm
Lunch

1:00 pm
Reproductive Cloning in Humans (Moderator: Irving Weissman)
Audio of Irving Weissman
Severino Antinori, Director, International Associated Research Institute
Audio of Serverino Antinori
Panayiotis Michael Zavos, Director and Chief Andrologist, The Andrology Institute
Audio of Panayiotis Michael Zavos
Brigitte Boisselier, Director, Clonaid
Audio of Brigitte Boisselier

1:45 p.m.
Audio of Discussion

2:15 pm
Break

2:30 p.m.
Applicability of Animal Cloning Data to Human Cloning (Moderator: Irving Weissman)
Audio of Irving Weissman
Ian Wilmut, Director, Roslin Institute
Audio of Ian Wilmut

2:45 p.m.
Audio of Discussion

3:00 p.m.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Moderator: Arthur Beaudet)
Audio of Arthur Beaudet
André Van Steirteghem, Professor of Embryology and Reproductive Biology, Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
Audio of André Van Steirteghem
Alan Trounson, Deputy Director, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute, Australia
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Jay Cross, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Obstetrics &Gynecology, University of Calgary
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Eugene Pergament, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynocology, Northwestern University Medical School
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4:00 p.m.
Audio of Discussion

4:30 pm
Break

4:45 pm
Human Cloning: Some Public Policy Issues (Moderator: Mark Siegler)
Audio of Mark Siegler
John Robertson, Vinson and Wilkins Chair, University of Texas School of Law, Austin
Audio of John Robertson
R. Alta Charo, Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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5:30 p.m.
Audio of Discussion

5:45 pm
Audio of Final Thoughts

6:00 pm
Adjourn