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Article: Staying human.(Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness)(Book Review)
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- June 14, 2004
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Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Report of the President's Council on Bioethics (Regan, 352 pp., $14.95)
THE media--goaded on by the science establishment--have been in full cry against Leon Kass, the chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, accusing him of politicizing the panel and "stacking the deck" with conservatives to reach predetermined results.
For example, when University of California-San Francisco scientist Elizabeth Blackburn was not reappointed for another term on the Council, she complained to anyone who would listen that her absence from the panel undermined science--and her charges were reported ...