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Appendix II: Staff

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Audrey R. Chapman, M.Div., Ph.D., who serves as director of two AAAS programs, the Dialogue on Science, Religion, and Ethics and Science and Human Rights, is trained both as a social scientist and religious ethicist. She is the author or editor of 14 books, including the just published Unprecedented Choices: Religious Ethics at the Frontiers of Genetic Science. She is one of the authors of the AAAS/ICS Stem Cell report.

Mark S. Frankel, Ph.D., is director of the AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program, where he develops and manages the Association's science, ethics and law activities. He is editor of Professional Ethics Report, a AAAS Fellow, and has published extensively on the ethical and legal implications of advances in biomedicine. He is one of the authors of the AAAS/ICS Stem Cell report.

Michele S. Garfinkel, Ph.D., is a Program Assistant in the AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program. Prior to joining AAAS, she was a post-doctoral Fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. She is one of the authors of the AAAS/ICS Stem Cell Report.

Institute for Civil Society

Gail Pressberg, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Civil Society, has been a social change activist for 25 years. Prior to her assignment at ICS, she was Director of the Center for Israeli Peace and Security of Americans for Peace Now; Executive Director of the Foundation for Middle East Peace; and a Staff Director at the American Friends Service Committee.

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Stem Cell Research and Applications: Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research
Preface
Findings and Recommendations
The Science of Stem Cell Research and Potential Therapies
     Current Status of Human Stem Cell Research
     Sources and Characteristics of Human Stem Cells
        Human Embryonic Stem Cells
        Human Embryonic Germ Cells.
        Human Adult Stem Cells
     The Clinical Potentials for Stem Cell Products
     Some Examples of Treatments for Major Diseases
        Type 1 Diabetes in Children
        Nervous System Diseases
        Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
        Diseases of Bone and Cartilage
        Cancer
     Uses in Research
        A New Window on Human Developmental Biology
        Models of Human Disease that are Constrained by Current Animal and Cell Culture Models
        Transplantation
        Gene Therapy
Spiritual and Religious Contexts
Ethical Concerns
     The Moral Status of Human Stem Cells
     Moral Issues Surrounding the Sources of Stem Cells
Sources of Stem Cells and Guidelines for Use
Justice Considerations
Funding
Oversight and Accountability
     Private Sector Oversight
     Intellectual Property Considerations
     Public Sector Oversight
Conclusion
Appendix I: Working Group Members
Appendix II: Staff
Appendix III: About AAAS and ICS

Source:

Audrey R. Chapman, Ph.D., Mark S. Frankel, Ph.D., and Michele S. Garfinkel, Ph.D. for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and The Institute for Civil Society

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