BBC: British researchers have been able to grow stem cells without using animal products, it has been revealed.
That is quite a breakthrough if you ask me, but you better ask Christopher Scott THE Stem Cell Expert at tomorrows Future Salon. Here him talk about:
Criminals in White Coats
The future of human stem cell researchIn a televised address on August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush announced that federal funding could be used only for embryonic stem cells isolated before his televised address at 9:00 p.m. Months later, the National Institutes of Health released a list of the ten worldwide organizations that were holding the 64 cell lines that met the president's criteria and, thus, were eligible for federal funding.
It is more than three years later.
What are the medical, ethical and economic consequences of America 's most controversial moral policy? When will we see the first cures from stem cell research? Will California 's new Institute for Regenerative Medicine reverse the effects of thirty years of Washington politics? What kind of life do we hold most precious? Should stem cell research proceed at any cost?
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March 18th 6-7pm networking with light refreshments proudly sponsored by SAP. From 7-9+pm presentations and discussion. SAP Labs North America, Building D, Room Southern Cross, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 [map] Improve your commute by sharing it with a fellow Futurist. Check the Ride Board for opportunities.
Christopher Scott is a biologist, entrepreneur and author. His new book, The Stem Cell, (July, 2005) is on the science, morals and politics of human stem cells. Scott was the scientific founder of Acumen Sciences, a research and consulting company based in San Francisco. He was also a founding editor of the award-winning Acumen Journal of Sciences, a magazine focused on the business, economics and politics of life sciences.
Prior to Acumen, Scott was the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and for a decade was a senior administrator at Stanford University. With Nobel Laureate Paul Berg, he developed one of the nation’s first translational medicine programs. He is one of only a handful of executives awarded for his contributions to Stanford’s research enterprise. He has principal founding relationships with several Bay Area biotechnology start-ups. His undergraduate and postgraduate training is from Colorado University, and he is a graduate of Stanford’s Executive Management Program. He also has an MA from Stanford University with a focus on biomedical ethics.
Scott is a committee member for the International Society of Stem Cell Research and past member of the Stanford Program in Genomics, Ethics and Society, and the California Health Care Initiative. He is the author of many publications and lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University on ethics, science, and public policy. He has recently been featured in national and local media coverage of these and other important issues, including NPR’s Talk of the Nation, KQED radio, UPI and Fox News.
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