Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on April 20-21, 2006, 15186 [E6-4389]

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[FR Doc. 06–2990 Filed 3–23–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Meeting of the President’s Council on Bioethics on April 20–21, 2006 AGENCY: The President’s Council on Bioethics, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The President’s Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-fourth meeting, at which, among other things, it will hear presentations on and discuss issues in two broad areas: (1) Children and clinical research and (2) organ procurement and transplantation. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (though not on the agenda for the present one) include: Cloning, assisted reproduction, reproductive genetics, IVF, ICSI, PGD, sex selection, inheritable genetic modification, patentability of human organisms, neuroscience, aging retardation, and lifespan-extension. Publications issued by the Council to date include: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (July 2002); Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (October 2003); Being Human: Readings from the President’s Council on Bioethics (December 2003); Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 2004), Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies (March 2004), Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society (September 2005). The meeting will take place Thursday, April 20, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., E.T.; and Friday, April 21, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, E.T. DATES: The Madison, 15th and M Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202–862–1600. Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at https://www.bioethics.gov. Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in person or in writing. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on April 
20-21, 2006

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, 
MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-fourth meeting, at which, among 
other things, it will hear presentations on and discuss issues in two 
broad areas: (1) Children and clinical research and (2) organ 
procurement and transplantation. Subjects discussed at past Council 
meetings (though not on the agenda for the present one) include: 
Cloning, assisted reproduction, reproductive genetics, IVF, ICSI, PGD, 
sex selection, inheritable genetic modification, patentability of human 
organisms, neuroscience, aging retardation, and lifespan-extension. 
Publications issued by the Council to date include: Human Cloning and 
Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (July 2002); Beyond Therapy: 
Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (October 2003); Being Human: 
Readings from the President's Council on Bioethics (December 2003); 
Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 2004), Reproduction and 
Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies (March 2004), 
Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White Paper (May 
2005), and Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society 
(September 2005).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, April 20, 2006, from 9 
a.m. to 5:15 p.m., E.T.; and Friday, April 21, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 
12 noon, E.T.

ADDRESSES: The Madison, 15th and M Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 
Phone 202-862-1600.
    Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at https://
www.bioethics.gov.
    Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in 
person or in writing. At this meeting, interested members of the public 
may address the Council, beginning at 11:45 a.m., on Friday, April 21. 
Comments are 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 give your name and affiliation. 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, NW., Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/296-
4669. E-mail: info@bioethics.gov. Web site: https://www.bioethics.gov.

    Dated: March 15, 2006.
F. Daniel Davis,
Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
 [FR Doc. E6-4389 Filed 3-24-06; 8:45 am]
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