Scientific Progress: Limits of Public Governance
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How do visions and norms of scientific progress inform, encourage or constrain democratic governance of science? How do questions of warrant, purpose, and benefit get asked and answered? Andy Murray, Ph.D., sits down with Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (NIH), Maria Millan, M.D, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM, Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, and Sheila Jasanoff, J.D., Ph.D., Harvard University, to explore these questions and more. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38731]
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