President Bush Names Members of New Council on Bioethics

President Bush announced the members of his new advisory panel on bioethics last week, only a day before the group's first scheduled meeting.

Scientists and lobbyists said they were surprised by some of the 17 people chosen to serve on the President's Council on Bioethics; many are not well-known researchers or bioethicists. Lobbyists said they hoped that the panel would not seek to chill research on stem cells and cloning.

Leon R. Kass, the panel's chairman, said last week that

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