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Stem Cells and the “Truth”: Ethics, Fraud, and the Politics of Science

Gareth Cook

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Format: Lecture

Length: 39 minutes

Gareth Cook, science journalist for the Boston Globe, presents a lecture on the complex relationship between science and politics in the stem cell debate. Cook was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for his investigation of stem cell research and its scientific, social, and ethical ramifications.

Cook is introduced by Kevin Bedell, chairman of the physics department and Rourke Professor of Physics at Boston College.

Presenter(s): Gareth Cook

Date: February 8, 2006

Location: Higgins Hall 300

Sponsor(s): Boston College Physics Department

URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/gcook/

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