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Date: October 21, 1998
Three Public Events to Focus on Cloning
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Princeton Universityís Public Lecture Series is sponsoring three programs on cloning: two lectures and one panel discussion chaired by President Harold T. Shapiro.
On October 26, the first lecture, by Dr. Jon Gordon of Mount Sinai Medical Center, will discuss "Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Cloning in Animals and Humans." Gordon, who earned both his PhD and MD at Yale University, pioneered the technique of inserting genetic material into mouse embryos to create "transgenic mice." He has also developed techniques for improving in vitro human fertilization.
On October 27, the second lecture will be by Lori Andrews of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. It is entitled "Mom, Dad, Clone: Why We Shouldn't Create Children Through Cloning." Andrews, a law professor, is also a senior scholar at University of Chicago Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and director of the Illinois Institute of Technologyís Institute for Science, Law and Technology.
The October 28 panel discussion will include Gordon, Anne McLaren, John Robertson, Lee Silver and Bonnie Steinbock, in addition to chair Shapiro.
McClaren is principal research associate at the Wellcome/CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology in Cambridge. She was previously director of the Medical Research Councilís Mammalian Development Unit in London for 18 years. Robertson, who holds an endowed professorship at the University of Texas Law School, is the author of numerous publications on reproductive rights, organ transplantation, termination of treatment and human experimentation. Silver, whose most recent book is Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World (1997), is professor of molecular biology at Princeton and also associated with the Woodrow Wilson School Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy. Steinbock is professor of philosophy at the State University of New York, Albany.
The lectures will be held in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The panel discussion will be held in Wood Auditorium, McCosh 50. All events will begin at 8 p.m. All will broadcast live on cable channel 7 on campus, on cable channel 10-A in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, and via the World Wide Web at http://www.princeton.edu/RealMedia.