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 Dr.
Lee M. Silver is a Professor at Princeton University in the Departments
of Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and the
Program in Neuroscience. He is also associated with the Program
in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton¹s
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where
he offers an undergraduate course on "Human Genetics, Reproduction,
and Public Policy." Dr. Silver graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1973 with B.A. and M.S. degrees in physics, and
from Harvard University in 1978 with a Ph.D. in biophysics. He
was a research fellow at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer
Research and a senior scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
before coming to Princeton.
Dr. Silver is the author of "Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering
and Cloning Will Transform the American Family." Remaking Eden
describes incredible new ways in which people will be able to
reproduce and choose the genes they provide to their children
in the near future. Remaking Eden also considers the fundamental
ethical dilemma that arises from the competing principles of individual
freedom and the "good of society," and explains how and why the
marketplace and human nature may ultimately determine the use
of these technologies, and the impact this will have on the future
evolution of the human species. This is a great book! Dr. Silver
describes the science of reproduction as well as futuristic scenarios.
If you want to know how human cloning and its technology will
benefit mankind this book will explain it to you. Both the hardback
and paperback version of Dr. Silver's book are available on the
Internet at: Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning
Will Transform the American Family (paperback)
by Lee Silver Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New
World (hardback) by Lee Silver
Dr. Silver is the co-editor-in-chief, together with Dr. Ian Wilmut,
of a new international journal entitled "Cloning: Science and
Policy." He is also co-editor-in-chief of "Mammalian Genome,"
the official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society.
In 1993, Dr. Silver was elected a Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 1995, he received an
unsolicited National Institutes of Health MERIT award for 10 years
of research funding. He was a member of the New Jersey Bioethics
Commission Task Force formed to recommend reproductive policy
positions for the New Jersey State Legislature, and has testified
on reproductive and genetic technologies before U.-S. Congressional
and New York State Senate committees.
Dr. Silver has discussed issues concerning reproductive technology,
behavioral genetics, cloning, and genetic engineering on national
radio and television programs including: the NBC Nightly News
with Tom Brokaw, the Jim Lehrer News Hour on PBS, The Charles
Osgood Sunday Morning Show on CBS, Nightline on ABC, Crossfire
on CNN, Talk of the Nation and the Derek McGinty Show on NPR,
the Charlie Rose Show on PBS, as well as Talkback Live (CNN),
Technopolitics (PBS), The McLaughlin Group (NBC/PBS), Healthweek
(PBS), the Catherine Grier Show (Fox News), and regular appearances
on Fox Focus on Health (Fox News).
Lee M. Silver, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology & Public Affairs
404 Robertson Hall
Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1013
FAX: 609-258-7122
Home Page: https://web.princeton.edu/sites/lsilver/
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