University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann was named last week to chair President Obama's new advisory panel on bioethics, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.
In June, Obama disbanded the council and cleared the way for yesterday's creation of his Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. He also named James W. Wagner, president of Emory University, as vice chair.
Obama's move was not unprecedented. Bush's council was created in 2001 and replaced President Bill Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
Original source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
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