We begin to be able to edit genomes like we do computer programs with a scope, speed, and precision that far exceeds evolution, rendering sexuality cumbersome and obsolete. This workshop has two distinct themes. The second is bioethics in the context of contemporary issues such as stem cell research, genetic therapies, genetically modified food, human cloning, and gene patents. Although the issues to be addressed are non-technical, they are no less important or timely. Today, the Human Genome Project is essentially completed and the race for patenting human genes, as well as engineered organisms, is on.
Human cloning is within reach and the carbon-silicon boundary has begun to evaporate.
The workshop will provide a brief overview of these issues and a forum for free discussion and speculation. As scientists, we have a duty to explore these questions and share information with the community. The End of Natural Evolution. The workshop includes a reception with light food and drinks. Successful value realization of informatics knowledge products, a pressing goal of genomics and biotech executives and researchers, hinges upon realistic appreciation and hence comprehensive grasp of legal and business instruments operative in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors nationally and globally.