by Audrey Simpson, Director, Family Planning Association, Northern Ireland I want to highlight how women in Northern Ireland have been denied medical science for many years now. As you are aware, Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. I want to situate abortion in the UK context. Last year (2008), as some of you

The whole of the multicellular organism develops from a fertilised egg by a process of progressive cellular specialisation, usually accompanied by restriction of the potential fate of the cell lineage. At various stages there are self regenerating populations of cells – stem cells. These typically have a restricted differentiation ability but such cells from a

The theme of this talk is the importance of communication and freedom of research, in the pursuit of dignity and hope for Europe’s lost community of sufferers of dementia. Applying the lessons of a career witnessing tragedy, to a family’s devastation with Huntington’s disease, lessons are learnt about the morality – or rather lack of

“Retrospectives and prospects on the freedom of science from the viewpoint of a historian�? Gilberto Corbellini Sapienza – University of Rome The second edition of the World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research should represent the opportunity to both highlight and discuss more systematically the reasons that hinder the recognition of the role that science

“Potential impact of advances in stem cell based therapies for Africa in the course of knowledge transfer and affordable medicine�? By Marco Traub, Transeuropean Stem Cell Therapy Consortium (TESCT), Switzerland, United Kingdom I am honored for being invited to this excellent and high-leveled meeting by Marco Cappato. My talk will focus on the socio-economic impact

The 21st century has seen neuroscience develop rapidly and a new academic discipline emerge: neuroethics, the attempt to explain moral judgment in partly neurobiological terms. It is useful to distinguish between fundamental neuroethics, researching how knowledge of the brain’s functional architecture and its evolution can deepen our understanding of moral thought and judgment, and applied

by Lord Dick Taverne, founder, Sense about Science; member, House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom I want to start with two apologies. This afternoon’s is the only session I can attend. Having heard this session, it is clear that I have missed a great deal, because the contributions I have heard are

Science is a process of trial and error. It always has been. Its strength lies in the fact that mistakes eventually are discovered for what they are, and in the long run, unlike any other global institutions, art, politics, religion, science comes through with the goods. We have been showered by the benefits of this

The unparalleled recent development of biological sciences and their convergence with other technologies (such as neurosciences, nanotechnologies and informational technologies) heavily impact the world of law. Indeed the present universal attitude of science and its global interaction immediately give a worldwide dimension to the question of legal regulations of conflicts arising from scientific research and