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Ethical,
legal and social issues raised by embryonic and adult stem cell
research
10am-5.30pm | held
on Tuesday 15 November 2005
Institute of Child Health | Guilford Street | London WC1
Stem cell research using cells taken from human embryos and adult
tissues shows potential towards developing urgently needed future
medical treatments. However, this research raises complex ethical,
legal and social questions. How should patients, researchers,
regulators, funders and society as a whole take these into account?
What are the urgent questions we should address now- and which
challenges might we face in decades to come?
Conference
programme
Session 1: Current debates in stem cell research
Chaired
by Professor
Alison Murdoch | Newcastle Fertility Centre at Life (Newcastle
Hospitals NHS Trust) | British Fertility Society
10.10am
Dr Stephen Minger | King's College London
An introduction to
adult and embryonic stem cells
10.40am
Professor Peter Braude | King's College London
Sourcing human eggs
and embryos for stem cell research
11.10am
Professor Sir Martin Evans | University of Cardiff
Should we attempt
to develop engineered 'alternatives' to embryos for stem cell
research?
11.40am
Discussion
12.40pm
Lunch
Session
2: Securing stem cell research for the future
Chaired
by Mr
Phil Willis | House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
1.40pm
Mr
Charles Kessler | European Commission
EU support for stem
cell research
2.00pm
Dr Simon Best | BioIndustry Association
Funding
for stem cell research in the USA and the rest of the world
2.20pm
Ms Suzi Leather | Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority
Stem
cell regulation: the UK model
2.40pm
Discussion
3.35pm
Tea
Session
3: Future issues in stem cell research
Chaired
by Rt
Rev Richard Harries |
Bishop of Oxford/ HFEA*
3.55pm
Ms Anna Smajdor | Imperial College London
Gametes from stem
cells for use in research and regulation: ethical issues
4.15pm
Professor Jan Helge Solbakk | University of Oslo
Countries forbidding
embryonic stem research have a moral duty to export their 'spare'
embryos to facilitate research abroad
4.35pm
Discussion
5.30pm
Close of conference and Drinks reception sponsored by the law
firm Bevan Brittan.
For
further information or to register, please email
Khadija Ibrahim in the PET office or call us on +44 (0)207
278 7870.
* Rt Rev
Richard Harries was called away to General Synod on this day and
so the session was chaired by Dr Virginia Bolton, Consultant Clinical
Embryologist at Guy's Hospital Assisted Conception Unit and Trustee
of Progress Educational Trust.
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