- William B. Hurlbut
William B. Hurlbut is a
physician and Consulting Professor in the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford, Stanford University Medical Center. Born in St. Helena,California , he grew up in Bronxville,New York . After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford, he completed postdoctoral studies intheology andmedical ethics , studying withRobert Hamerton-Kelly , the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of theInstitut Catholique de Paris . In addition to teaching at Stanford, he currently serves on the President's Council on Bioethics.His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology and
philosophy of biology. His courses in biomedical ethics in the Program in Human Biology have included: Biology, Technology and Human Life, and Ethical Issues in the Neurosciences. He has worked with NASA on projects inastrobiology and since1998 has been a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfareworking group at theStanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation .Dr. Hurlbut has come to national prominence for his advocacy of Altered Nuclear Transfer (ANT), a scientific method of obtaining
pluripotent stem cells without the creation and destruction of humanembryos .He attended the symposium on November 2006.
In mid-2007, Dr Hurlbut was the guest of the BBC World Service Radio programme, The Interview.
External links
* [http://www.stanford.edu/~ethics/Site/Main.html Stanford Bio]
* [http://www.bioethics.gov/ U.S. President's Council on Bioethics]
* [http://cisac.stanford.edu/ Home page of the Center for International Security and Cooperation]
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/hurlbut200512060850.asp One Small Island of Unity in a Sea of Controversy] Q&A onaltered nuclear transfer with "The National Review"
* [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/tech/nextnews/archive/next040528.htm On the Dangers of Radical Lifespan Extension] interview with "USNews"
* [http://alterednucleartransfer.com/index.php?page=4a&view=1 Explanation of the theory of Altered Nuclear Transfer]
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