Biotechnology and the Future of Medicine

Online Conference

The 2021 Annual Bioethics Conference will take place online June 9-11 and will explore the potential of biotechnology to drive and shape the future of clinical care and research.

The practice of medicine over the course of the last fifty years has changed dramatically. Novel technological developments will continue to generate new discoveries, therapies, and patient outcomes. Recent advances in intertwined areas, such as stem cell-based bioengineering, organoid technology, low-cost personal genome sequencing, machine learning, and human genome editing have the potential to create more effective, personalized medical treatments. But as we progress toward this biotechnologically-driven medical future, we must consider how ethical values can shape these advancements and vice versa. This online conference will examine how ethics interacts with biotechnology in medicine, and consider multiple approaches to how we might ensure that biotechnology continues to evolve ethically and for the benefit of all.

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2021 Harvard Annual Bioethics Presenters - Photo of Paula Arlotta
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Public Bioethics Forum:
Recent Progress in iPS Cell Research and Application
Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD

Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka will launch ABC with the public lecture "Recent Progress in iPS Cell Research and Application."
Dr.Yamanaka's lecture will take place on June 9, 2021.
This lecture is automatically included with your annual conference registration.

2021 Conference Chair Insoo Hyun
Welcome
A letter from 2021 Conference Chair Insoo Hyun, Phd.
Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD
Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD
June 9 at 7 p.m. ET
Register for the public forum ONLY. This will not give access to the full conference content.  
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  • About the Harvard Annual Bioethics Conference

    The Harvard Medical School Annual Bioethics Conference convenes leaders in the field to explore ethical questions and concerns in healthcare. Held each spring, this conference facilitates conversations among experts, and supports members of ethics committees, health care professionals, bioethicists, administrators, attorneys, and others who are interested in addressing ethical issues.

PAST ANNUAL BIOETHICS CONFERENCES
2019: Controlling Death: The policies, practices, and ethics of choosing when we die
2018: Defining Death: Organ transplantation and the 50-year legacy of the Harvard report on "brain death"
2017: The Ethics of "Making Babies"
2016: Social Justice and Ethics Committees in Health Care

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