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Contact: Media Relations Officer
MEDIA ADVISORY
AAMC Annual Meeting Session to Focus on Stem Cell Research
WHAT: An AAMC annual meeting focus session will examine the ideological, ethical, and political issues that are confronting the promising field of human stem cell research. Irving L. Weissman, M.D., Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, will discuss the scientific questions that stem cell research is seeking to answer. Most Reverend Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York, will discuss stem cell research for one of the first times publicly and examine the perplexing moral and ethical issues that are inherent in such research. L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., President, University of Nebraska, will address the public policy challenge of mediating the confrontation between scientific and ideological perspectives in the political arena.
WHEN: Monday, October 30, 2000, 10:30-noon
WHERE: Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL, Regency C
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The Association of American Medical Colleges represents the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools; some 400 major teaching hospitals, including 74 Veterans Administration medical centers; 91 academic and professional societies representing nearly 88,000 faculty members; and the nation's 67,000 medical students and 102,000 residents.
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