California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Media Advisory: Standards Working Group to Consider Guidelines for State Funded Stem Cell Research in California.EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- This Wednesday Wednesday: see week. (7/6/05), the Scientific and Medical Accountability The traceability of actions performed on a system to a specific system entity (user, process, device). For example, the use of unique user identification and authentication supports accountability; the use of shared user IDs and passwords destroys accountability. Standards Working Group ("Standards Working Group"), chaired by Sherry Lansing Sherry Lansing (born July 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois as Sherry Lee Heimann) is the former CEO of Paramount Pictures and the first woman to head a major studio. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. and Harriet This article is about the tortoise. For the name, see Harriet (name). For the record label, see Harriet Records. For the singer, see Harriet (singer). Harriet (c. Rabb Rabb is an Arabic word meaning Lord, Sustainer, Cherisher, Master, which in Islamic context refers to Allah. In the Qur'an, rabb is one of the usual names of God. Pre-Islamic Arabia probably applied this term to its gods or to some of them. , will meet for the first time in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden .
WHO: Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards Working Group
-- five patient advocates of the Independent Citizens'
Oversight Committee (ICOC), nine scientists and clinicians
nationally recognized in the field of stem cell research,
four medical ethicists, and the chairperson of the ICOC
(http://www.cirm.ca.gov/meetings/pdf/2005/07/StdsWkngGpMbrs.pdf).
WHAT: The Standards Working Group will consider its charge and
meeting procedures. The members will begin the public
process of creating permanent standards for the California
Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). The Guidelines
for Embryonic Stem Cell Research, published by the
National Academy of Sciences in April, were adopted by
ICOC as interim standards for the CIRM on May 23rd. The
regulatory recommendations of the Standards Working Group
will be considered by the ICOC after undergoing a period
of public comment, in compliance with the California
Administrative Procedure Act. The regulations then will be
reviewed by the Office of Administrative Law.
For the full agenda, please visit:
http://www.cirm.ca.gov/meetings/2005/07/070605.asp.
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 6/10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Estimated)
WHERE: Grand Hyatt San Francisco
Room: Plaza Ballroom East
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
WHY: The Standards Working Group makes recommendations to the
29-member ICOC that governs the Proposition 71-funded CIRM on
scientific, medical and ethical standards pertaining to stem
cell research. The Standards Working Group, appointed on May
6, 2005, makes recommendations to the ICOC on compliance of
adopted standards, as well as on modifications to standards.
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