Robert Bud (London), The revolutionary implications of the word biotechnology
Arno Motulsky (Seattle), From pharmacogenetics and ecogenetics to pharmacogenomics
Diane Paul (Boston), A history of postnatal screening
Robert Resta (Seattle), Historical Aspects of Genetic Counselling: why was maternal age 35 chosen as the cut-off for offering amniocentesis?
Stefano Canali e Gilberto Corbellini (Roma), Medical genetics in the Italian context: thalassemia research and screeining before prenatal diagnosis
Alberto Oliverio (Roma), Genetics, behaviour and psychiatry: historical burdens and perspectives
Barton Childs (Baltimora), From medical genetics to genetic medicine

14.00 - 19.00 - Aspetti etici, economici e sociali
Moderatori: Mario Stefanini, Cinzia Caporale

Dorothy Wertz (Waltam - MA), History, ethics, and politics of the human embryo in U.S. medicine and research
Andrea Vicini, S.J. (Napoli), Ethical debate on stem cell research and Roman catholic insights
John Harris (Manchester) e Fabio Bacchini (Roma), Being positive about positive genetic manipulation
Timothy Caulfield (Alberta, Canada), Commercialisation of Human Genetics: Future Policy Challenges
Daniel Kevles (New Haven), Patenting Human Genes. The Advent of Ethics in the Political Economy of Patent Law
Cinzia Caporale (Siena), The Italian bioethical debate on medically assisted reproduction
Federico Neresini (Padova) e Massimiano Bucchi (Trento), Biomedical biotechnologies in the Italian pubblic sphere

Segreteria scientifica
Cinzia Caporale
Gilberto Corbellini

Organizzazione
Fondazione L. Einaudi, Largo dei Fiorentini, 1 00186 Roma
Tel. 06.6896438; 329.5471249
bioetica.einaudi@agora.it

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