Bernard Siegel
Submitted by webmin on 22 April, 2005 - 18:30.
Mr. Siegel filed the landmark case against the organization Clonaid, initiating the first legal action to oppose the reproductive cloning of humans. In 2003, he traded his 30-year courtroom career to found GPI, which leads the global cause of stem cell research. He has led the effort to keep somatic cell nuclear transfer (therapeutic cloning) legal in the United States and throughout the world. Working with the leading scientific authorities, Mr. Siegel has been instrumental in educating the United Nations General Assembly on cloning issues. Mr. Siegel also works with grassroots activists and other key stakeholders to formulate effective strategies in support of embryonic stem cell research.
Mr. Siegel has appeared on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, The Early Show, CNN, CNN International, MSNBC, Fox and Friends and network news shows throughout the U.S. and internationally. He was profiled on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, The Scientist, New Scientist, Wired News, The London Times, Le Monde, Pravda, The Peoples Daily and many other publications. He is an international lecturer and public speaker, appearing at political, university, medical, legal, bioethics, and community gatherings. Mr. Siegel received his undergraduate and jurist doctor degrees from the University of Miami. <<Back to Conference program
Bernard Siegel
Day: Friday, April 22
Hour: 1:30 - 2:15 pm
Presentation: The Stem Cell Wars
Mr. Siegel filed the landmark case against the organization Clonaid, initiating the first legal action to oppose the reproductive cloning of humans. In 2003, he traded his 30-year courtroom career to found GPI, which leads the global cause of stem cell research. He has led the effort to keep somatic cell nuclear transfer (therapeutic cloning) legal in the United States and throughout the world. Working with the leading scientific authorities, Mr. Siegel has been instrumental in educating the United Nations General Assembly on cloning issues. Mr. Siegel also works with grassroots activists and other key stakeholders to formulate effective strategies in support of embryonic stem cell research.
Mr. Siegel has appeared on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, The Early Show, CNN, CNN International, MSNBC, Fox and Friends and network news shows throughout the U.S. and internationally. He was profiled on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, The Scientist, New Scientist, Wired News, The London Times, Le Monde, Pravda, The Peoples Daily and many other publications. He is an international lecturer and public speaker, appearing at political, university, medical, legal, bioethics, and community gatherings. Mr. Siegel received his undergraduate and jurist doctor degrees from the University of Miami. <<Back to Conference program
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