Testimony by ISSCR Members

The following are links to transcripts of testimony given by ISSCR members and officers before the U.S. President's Council on Bioethics, the U.S. Congress and other governmental bodies, and the United Nations.

Click on the title of the testimony to see the transcript.

An Alternative Method for Obtaining Embryonic Stem Cells
George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., ISSCR Vice President
Representing the American Society for Cell Biology
U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Hearing
July 12, 2005

Exploring the Promise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Larry Goldstein, Ph.D., ISSCR Government Affairs Committee Chair
Representing the American Society for Cell Biology
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
June 8, 2005

Stem Cell Research: Recent Scientific and Clinical Developments
John Gearhart, ISSCR Board Member
Johns Hopkins University
Rudolf Jaenisch, ISSCR Board Member
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Testimony before the President's Council on Bioethics
July 24, 2003

Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Genomics Era
Gerald P. Schatten, ISSCR Board Member
University of Pittsburgh
Testimony before the President's Council on Bioethics
Dec. 13, 2002

Medical Promise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Present and Projected)
Catherine Verfaillie, Chair, ISSCR Policy Committee
University of Minnesota
Testimony before the President's Council on Bioethics
April 25, 2002

Medical Promise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Present and Projected)
John Gearhart, ISSCR Board Member
Johns Hopkins University
Testimony before the President's Council on Bioethics
April 25, 2002

Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning
Irving L. Weissman, ISSCR Secretary
Stanford University
Testimony before the President's Council on Bioethics
Feb. 13, 2002

Updated: July 25, 2005