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- 2007 Summit on NPR
Posted: October 05, 2007 8:50 PM
NPR Talk’s Biotech Nation broadcast the summit panel titled: Election 2008: Science, Issues and Candidates” with Steve Burrill, Rustum Roy, Cynthia Schneider, and Nigel Cameron, moderated by Biotech Nation Host Moira Gunn and Biotech Nation Chief Correspondent David Ewing Duncan.
- BioAgenda 2007 Summit: East a Success!
Posted: October 05, 2007 2:32 PM
On June 21, 2007 the BioAgenda Institute held its third annual summit at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Participants from around the world participated in this one-day retreat for leaders and thinkers in a spirited exchange of ideas.
- Major Study on BioTech Industry Underway
Posted: January 29, 2007 3:00 PM
BioAgenda has allocated seed funding to launch a major white paper analysis of the successes and failures of the biotech business model. The study is titled: BIOTECH AT 35: A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND A BLUE-RIBBON COMMISSION’S PROPOSALS FOR REFORM...
- Kurtzweil vs. Greenfield: Hear the BioAgenda Great Debate on NPR!
Posted: April 09, 2006 12:19 PM
The BioAgenda Great Debate between Ray Kurzweil and Baroness Susan Greenfield aired internationally on Sunday, April 2 on NPR's "Tech Nation", hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Taped at the BioAgenda 2006 Summit in Palm Springs on March 9, 2006, Kurzweil and Greenfield debated: Will biotech save us, or destroy us? Heard on 200 NPR affiliates and in 133 nations; available online and as a podcast...
- David Ewing Duncan to Co-host NPR’s Biotech Nation
Posted: June 01, 2006 11:08 AM
On 23 April, the folks at Tech Nation on NPR launched a new voice on the Biotech Nation part of this weekly show – BioAgenda Founder David Ewing Duncan. He is co-hosting Biotech Nation with Moira Gunn, host of Tech Nation…
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- BioAgenda Founder's Book Out in Paper
Posted: June 01, 2006 11:19 AM
David Ewing Duncan’s book, "Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life" is out in paperback. (Previous hardcover title was "The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA".) Named as one of the SF Chronicle’s "Best Books of the Year"…
- BioAgenda Releases First Think-Tank Study: GAPCures
Posted: April 08, 2006 5:10 PM
On March 10, 2006, The BioAgenda team released a study and proposal titled: GAPCURES: A VISION OF WHOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, prepared by the BioAgenda Institute and the Ad Hoc Committee for the GAPCures Initiative. Based on a field trip to Cambodia, this study outlines an initiative for the biotech industry to fund and support sustainable, small-scale health care ...
- Second Annual Summit a Success!
Posted: March 16, 2006 7:33 PM
The BioAgenda 2006 Summit adjourned March 10, ending two and a half packed days of discussion among participants from all over the world, and
representing a wide range of experts and points of view. Thanks to all who
came to Palm Springs, and who made the summit possible! More...
- Issues Roundtable in Boston discusses stem cells...
Posted: February 18, 2006 10:14 AM
An expert panel moderated by BioAgenda Editorial Director David Ewing Duncan
delved deeply into the maelstrom of controversy about stem cells, with an
expert panel...
- BioAgenda Roundtable in Boston: What Happens Next with Stem Cells?
Posted: February 14, 2006 11:25 AM
On the evening of February 16, BioAgenda editorial director and award-winning author David Ewing Duncan will moderate a panel: “What happens next with stem cells?: The hope, the hype, and the politics”. The event is co-organized by MIT Technology Review, the Harvard Medical School Office of Public Affairs, and Atlas Venture. For panelists and more information…
- BioAgenda 2005
Posted: October 13, 2005 11:38 AM
BioAgenda Founder and Editorial Director David Ewing Duncan has hit the road on a 5-city tour to deliver "coffee-break" lectures about the role of ideology in science, plus remarks about BioAgenda and its mission to elevate the dialogue about crucial issues in life sciences. We are on a crusade to persuade and discuss the urgency of focusing in a responsible and sober manner issues ranging from...
- Currently Accepting Registration for BioAgenda 2006 Summit
Posted: September 12, 2005 1:44 PM
Registration for the exciting BioAgenda 2006 Summit is open and available. The second BioAgenda Summit will be held March 8-10, 2006 at the fabulous La Quinta Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, CA, USA.
- BioAgenda Founder David Ewing Duncan's New Book
Posted: June 19, 2005 6:45 AM
Check out BioAgenda Founder and Editorial Director David Ewing Duncan's new book about the leading scientists behind new breakthroughs in genetics and biotech. The Geneticist Who Played Hoops With My DNA... and other masterminds from the frontiers of biotech (HarperCollins) features...
- Nonprofit Status for BioAgenda
Posted: March 08, 2005 9:08 AM
To further our mission of developing educational programs, BioAgenda has incorporated the BioAgenda Institute as a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation and filed for 501 (c)(3) status, with provisional approval to operate in some areas as a nonprofit corporation until final approval is granted by the Internal Revenue Service...
- The First Ever BioAgenda 2004 Summit Was a Success!
Posted: December 27, 2004 8:00 AM
On December 5-7, over 150 leaders in biotechnology and life sciences, including journalists, activists, policy makers, a high school teacher, artists and thinkers, gathered in Palm Springs, on the high desert to discuss and debate stem cells, drug pricing, science and politics, what works and doesn't work in the economics of biotech, and the future of life...
- BioAgenda Reception - October 27, 2004
Posted: October 22, 2004 2:11 PM
Join us for the BioAgenda Reception on October 27th in San Francisco! Co-hosted by Brook Byers of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Alex Barkas of Prospect Venture Partners...
- Nonprofit Biotech Policy Institute Announced
Posted: September 15, 2004 9:35 AM
BioAgenda has filed for nonprofit profit status for a proposed policy institute to be launched in 2005, the first step in creating an organization for biotech policy modeled after the Brookings Institute...
- San Diego Roundtable Big Success
Posted: July 26, 2004 9:16 PM
Is redesigning life a good idea? Bioengineering in the age of genetics – was the topic of BioAgenda’s second successful Regional Issues Roundtable on July 19, 2004 in the San Diego…
- Where do we start?
Posted: June 01, 2004 10:00 AM
The BioAgenda project has expanded rapidly in the last few weeks. We are pleased to be bringing on board new people on both the editorial and production teams, the April 27 Boston Issues Roundtable was a success, our underwriting and support is becoming more diversified and the BioAgenda Policy Institute files for non-profit status…
- Welcome to New Team Members
Posted: June 01, 2004 10:00 AM
We are pleased to welcome new team members Dr. Cynthia Robbins-Roth, and Jason Pontin...
- BioAgenda Assembles New Council of Journalists
Posted: May 01, 2004 10:00 AM
BioAgenda announces the formation of the Council of Journalists, comprised of leading journalists that will help shape content, provide moderators for panels...
- BioAgenda Prepares Statement on: 'Policy of Independence'
Posted: April 15, 2004 10:00 AM
BioAgenda is preparing a policy brief to be posted on this website about the core mission of the project as an entirely independent, non-partisan, non-industry program...
- AAAS Journalism Prize
Posted: April 01, 2004 10:00 AM
Editorial Director David Ewing Duncan wins the prestigious 2003 AAAS Science Journalism Award in the magazine category for his feature article, "DNA as Destiny,"...
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