Bioengineering

Dr. Glen McGee: Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. Member of National Advisory Board on Ethics and Reproduction. Author of "The Perfect Baby: A Pragmatic Approach to Genetics" and the upcoming "Human Cloning Debate." Jeremy Rifkin: Author of the recent book, "The Biotech Century" and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, a think tank based in DC. Dr. Gregory Stock: Director of Science Tech and Society Program at UCLA, co-convener of recent symposium at UCLA on human genetic engineering. Author of "Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism." Father Albert Moraczewski: Dominican priest and consultant for the National Catholic Bioethic Center. He holds a PhD in Pharmacology, Masters in Philosophy, Doctorate in Theology. Dr. James C. Peterson, PhD: CC Dickson Professor of Ethics at Wingate University. Member and fellow of the bioethics commission of American Scientific Affiliation. Research fellow in molecular and clinical genetics with Human Genome Center at the University of Iowa. Lesa Slaughter: Director for the LA Business Team, now replacing Robin Kramer. Randel Johnson: Vice President for Labor Policy for US Chamber of Commerce.

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