What do you think? You for or against on this one?
Artificial Gametes Debate
Newcastle Centre for Life Trust, UK. 12 February 2008
Scientists in Newcastle can now produce human sperm from stem cells in the
laboratory, this research is important for further understanding of human
development. Should we create babies by bypassing testes and ovaries
completely?
The debate will take place in the evening and is a ticketed event. Please
contact admin@progress.
Educational Trust on 020 7278 7870.
Author Profile
- Jennifer Lahl, MA, BSN, RN, is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including Cambridge University Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC, CBS, PBS, and NPR. She is also called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members of the scientific community, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address issues of egg trafficking; she has three times addressed the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women on egg and womb trafficking.
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