iPS/Embryo-stem Cells and Reproductive Technologies: The Academic Achievements, Technological Application, and Ethical Issues

published: 2013-08-28

Event Overview

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Regenerative medicine, which uses eggs and fertilized eggs, also aims at gamete formation for reproductive technologies. Let's look at the present and future of reproductive technologies and regenerative medicine which advance with linkage.

Date & Time: December 8, 2013 (Sun.)
Place: Suekawa Memorial Lecture Hall, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University(PDF Version: 885KB)
Participation: Free of Charge/ No Advance Application Necessary

Language: Japanese

Program

13:30-13:40 Opening Remarks/Explanation of Event Overview/Introduction of Lecturers (Prof. Yoko Matsubara)
13:40-14:10 Azumi Tsuge
(Professor, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Meiji Gakuin University)
Lecture “How Should State-of-the-art Medical Technology Be So that Human Beings Can Live as Such?”
14:10-14:20 Q & A
14:20-14:50 Yohimi Yashiro
(Associate Professor, CIRA, Kyoto University)
Lecture “What iPS Has Shown and Demolished”
14:50-15:00 Q & A
15:00-15:20 Questions by Keiko Tosimitsu
(Visiting Researcher, Research Center for Ars Vivendi)
15:20-15:40 Questions by Megumi Sakai
(Graduate Student, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences)
15:40-15:50 Break
15:50-16:10 Response to the Above Questions from Both Lecturers (Each 10 Minutes)
16:10-16:55 Panel Discussions and Q & A with the Floor
16:55-17:00 Closing Remarks (Yoko Matsubara)

Inquiries

Administrative Office, Research Center for Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University
56-1 Tojiinkita-machi, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577
Email:ars-vive@st.ritsumei.ac.jp
TEL: +81-75-465-8475
FAX: +81-75-465-8242

* There is no parking available at the venue, so please use public transportation.