Titel: 11th Annual Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century

Termin: 21.7.2006, 13:00 Uhr, bis 22.7.2006, 17:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
Given Institute
University of Colorado
100 East Francis Street
Aspen, CO

Referenten: Joann A. Boughman, Ph.D. (Executive Vice President, American Society of Human Genetics) *** Charles Cantor, Ph.D. (Chief Scientific Officer, SEQUENOM, Inc.) *** Jay Clayton, Ph.D. (William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Chair, Department of English Vanderbilt University) *** Thomas E. Johnson, Ph.D. (Professor of Molecular Behavioral Genetics, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder) *** Eric Juengst, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Bioethics, Director, Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine) *** Gov. Richard D. Lamm (Co-Director, Institute for Public Policy Studies, University of Denver, Former Governor, State of Colorado) *** Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. (Director of Education, The National Catholic Bioethics Center) *** Mervyn L. Tano, J.D. (International Institute for Indigenous Resource, Management) *** Richard A. Spritz, M.D., F.A.C.M.G. (Professor and Director, Human Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center) *** Mark Yarborough, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center)

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.uchsc.edu/cme/documents/GeneticsEthics06.pdf

Kurzbeschreibung: What will happen if we discover there are no “natural” biological limits to how long people can live? How quickly might genetic advances permit life expectancy to surge? How will ethical, legal, and social considerations affect decisions to use these advances to extend life, as well as treat and prevent diseases?

These and other questions will be the focus of the eleventh conference in an annual series that addresses current ethical and legal issues related to genetics. Attendees will explore the scientific promise of advances in genetics and cloning aimed at life extension, balanced against the ethical, legal, and societal issues this progress will raise. Although most everyone agrees on the fundamental virtues of advances in treating and preventing diseases associated with aging, and perhaps even slowing the aging process itself, the extent and purposes to which such manipulations should be used remain debatable. Our discussions will incorporate wide-ranging and diverse perspectives, including views that champion a “traditional life-span,” as well as “healthspan extension,” or growing old while staying healthy.

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate actively in all phases of the conference, including moderated discussions of vignettes that assume varying degrees of success in research to extend the human life span. This broadly-based conference targets all health care professionals, researchers, business people, ethicists, attorneys, ethics committee members, institutional review board members, and individuals interested in the impact of genomic medicine on people and institutions.

Kontakt: Mrs Mary Lou Wallace
The University of Colorado at Denver
and Health Sciences Center
The Center for Bioethics and Humanities
4200 E. 9th Avenue, B137
Denver, CO 80262
Tel.: +1 - 303 - 3 15 50 96
Fax: +1 - 303 - 3 15 08 20
marylou.wallace@uchsc.edu
http://www.uchsc.edu/

Veranstalter: The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, The Human Medical Genetics Program, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, Office of the Chancellor, Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Schlagworte: Genetische Tests/Beratung, Genforschung/-technik, Genomanalyse, Gentherapie, Humangenetik