The Hinxton Group

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In early 2004, members of the Stem Cell Policy and Ethics Program (SCOPE) at the The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics began developing a new project that came to be titled Transnational Cooperation in Stem Cell Research. This meeting aspired to bring together an esteemed, international and interdisciplinary group to explore the ethical and policy challenges of transnational scientific collaboration raised by variations in national regulations governing embryo research and stem cell science. The specific objectives of the project were to: 1) i dentify the primary challenges faced by scientists, universities, and journal editors with respect to international collaboration in stem cell research, 2) determine the extent to which it may be possible to develop guidance for conduct that could be useful across national boundaries and national legal regimes, 3) explore the role of oversight and data sharing in international research, 4) explore the question of oocyte donation and related issues, and 5) identify forward-looking strategies to foster the scientific and ethical integrity of research in a global context. With the generous support of our funders, the international group - including scientists, clinicians, ethics & policy experts, lawyers and scientific journal editors - convened for a three-day meeting, February 22-24, 2006, at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, located in Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. This meeting resulted in the drafting and dissemination of a Consensus Statement outlining a set of principled recommendations for how work in this area ought to proceed in the context of national variations in policy. For further information on the Transnational Cooperation in Stem Cell Research meeting, please visit: Meeting Overview : a summary of the purpose and proceedings of the meeting. Chatham House Rule : an explanation of the rule the members of the Hinxton Group operated under throughout the meeting. Reference Materials : a list of journal articles and reference documents, with links to the original text, used by members of the Hinxton Group during the meeting. Funders : a list of funders whose generous donations made the meeting possible. : Steering Committee Ruth Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H. Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics 624 North Broadway, Room 352 Baltimore, MD 21205-1996 Phone: 410 955 3018 Email: rfaden@jhsph.edu Peter J. Donovan, Ph.D. Professor, Biological Chemistry, Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California - Irvine 2054 Hewitt Hall Irvine, CA 92697 Phone: 949 824 3691 Email: pdonovan@uci.edu John Harris, F.Med.Sci., B.A., D.Phil. Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics, Institute of Medicine Law and Bioethics, School of Law, University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Phone: +44 161 275 3473 Email: john.harris@manchester.ac.uk Robin Lovell-Badge, Ph.D., F.Med.Sci., F.R.S.

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