STEM CELL RESEARCH IN NEW YORK:
SCIENCE, POLICY AND ETHICS

When: Thursday, May 19, 2005; 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street.

Stem cell research offers immense promise for developing new medical therapies for debilitating diseases. However, stem cell research also raises difficult policy issues and ethical concerns, in particular with respect to the use of human embryonic stem cells. New York has historically been a leader in biomedical research, but recent stem cell initiatives in California and elsewhere pose a threat to New York’s preeminence in this field. The panel will explore the scientific, policy and ethical considerations that will shape the future of stem cell research in New York.

Speakers:
HON. LIZ KRUEGER, New York State Senate

GERALD D. FISCHBACH, M.D., Dean, Faculty of Medicine at Columbia University

RUTH L. FISCHBACH, Ph.D., MPE, Director, Center for Bioethics, Columbia University

STUART A. NEWMAN, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, N.Y. Medical College.

About the Association
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public.