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Piergiorgio Strata: Freedom in the access to science career

Lecturer/Position/Organization: Piergiorgio Strata Professor of Neurophysiology, Rita Levi Montalcini center for brain Repair, Dpt Neuroscience University of Turin, Italy Session/Theme: Science, Technology and Economy Title of the presentation: Freedom in the access to science career Among the many aspects of freedom in research one concerns the lack of free access to a scientific carrier which

Lewis Wolpert: Is science dangerous?

Lewis Wolpert, Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine, Anatomy, University College, London Session/Theme: Science, society and politics – public understanding of science Title of the presentation: Is science dangerous? The idea that scientific knowledge is dangerous is deeply embedded in our culture. Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat from the Tree of

Stem cell obscurantism

by Emma Bonino and Marco Cappato May 2005 [….] Recent breakthroughs [in scientific research] constitute a stunning advance in stem cell research. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, meaning that they have the ability to develop into any type of human tissue. This carries great promise, in particular, for sufferers of spinal cord injuries and diseases.

Breaking new ground on fractures

Scientists at the University of York have launched a research project to develop ways of making bones from blood. Researchers from the University’s Department of Biology are heading the EC-backed project to create bone structures from cord blood stem cells for use in the repair of bone defects and fractures. The three-year, €2.5 million (£1.7

The United Nations and Therapeutic Cloning

On 12 December 2001, with resolution 56/93, the United Nations General Assembly decided to create an ad hoc office to promote the elaboration of a text for an international convention against human cloning, and recommended that the office continue their work the following year as a work group within the Legal Affairs Committee of the

Concept paper 1st meeting (2006)

Introductory text (Concept paper) Freedom from prejudice, abandoning the principle of authority as a strategy for solving controversies and opening up to critical confrontation based on controllable experiences are at the origin of modern science. They made possible cognitive progress and technological innovations for which the western world has moved ahead culturally, economically and politically.

Concept paper founding session (2004)

Science and scientific culture are, at least starting from the Renaissance, the most effective system of knowledge man has invented for promoting his material and moral well-being. It is impossible to imagine the economic, social and cultural development of the western world without science. Above all it is impossible to imagine a maturing of critical

Final programme 1st meeting (2006)

FIRST MEETING OF THE WORLD CONGRESS FOR FREEDOM OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Programme First day (February 16, 2006) – morning Opening Ceremony 1. Marco Cappato (Executive Director of the Luca Coscioni Association), chair 2. Video message on Luca Coscioni 3. Mirella Parachini (Member of the Board of Directors of the Luca Coscioni Association) reading a message

Final Programme of the Founding Session of the World Congress

Founding Session of the World Congress on Freedom of Scientific Research* Rome, 9 and 10 October 2004 Hotel Ergife, Via Aurelia 619 SATURDAY 9 October 10.00 – 10.30 Registration of participants 10.30 – 13.30 INTRODUCTORY SESSION Introducing and chairing the works: Marco Cappato, Secretary of the Luca Coscioni Association Giulio Cossu, Professor of Embryology and