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The California Science Center presents a series moderated by Dean Geoffrey Cowan examining critical science policy issues.
Senator Deborah Ortiz, Chair of the California State Senate Health and Human Services Committee, is among the featured panelists and will discuss the implications of stem cell research from a policy perspective. In addition to Senator Ortiz, other distinguished panelists include Dr. Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, professor of cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, and a leader in stem cell research; and Dr. Ted Peters, pastor and professor at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California, and ethicist on the stem cell citizen’s oversight committee. Dr. Peters will explore the major ethical issues underlying stem cell research. The final panelist will be Dr. Irving Weissman, immunologist, professor, and Director of the Stem Cell Institute at Stanford University, School of Medicine. The panel will be moderated by Geoffrey Cowan, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communications at University of Southern California.
A small special exhibit entitled “Stem Cells and You” will be featured at the Science Center from September 1, 2005, through January 2, 2006. It will address the questions of “What is a stem cell?”, “Stem Cells in Medicine” and “Why study stem cells?”
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