Meetings: Bioethics, President's Council,

[Federal Register: September 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 182)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on October 16-17, 2003

AGENCY: The President's Council on Bioethics, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Leon R. Kass, M.D., chairman) will hold its fourteenth meeting, at which, among other things, it will continue discussion of its stem cell research, ``beyond therapy'' (enhancement), and ``biotechnology and public policy'' (regulation) projects. Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (and potentially touched on at this meeting) include: human cloning; embryo research; aging retardation and lifespan-extension; organ procurement for transplantation; and assisted reproduction and reproductive genetics (including IVF, ICSI, PGD; sex selection, inheritable genetic modification; and the patentability of human genes, tissues, and organisms).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, October 16, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET; and Friday, October 17, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004.

Public Comments: The meeting agenda will be posted at http://www.bioethics.gov. Interested members of the public are encouraged to offer comments, either in person or in writing. A period of time will be set aside during the meeting to receive comments from the public, beginning at 11:30 a.m., on Friday, October 17. Comments will be limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or organization. As a courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director of Communications, in advance of your intention to make a public statement, and please give her your name, affiliation, and a brief description of the topic or nature of your comments. To submit a written statement, mail or e- mail it to Ms. Gianelli at one of the addresses given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director of Communications, The President's Council on Bioethics, Suite 700, 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/296-4669. E- mail: info@bioethics.gov. Web site: http://www.bioethics.gov.

Dated: September 10, 2003. Dean Clancy, Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.

[FR Doc. 03-23908 Filed 9-18-03; 8:45 am]

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