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The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) will host on Tuesday a two-day international conference that will tackle challenges presented by biotechnology to human life and the family, such as abortion and genetic engineering. 


CBCP president and Iloilo Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said yesterday the conference to be held at the EDSA Shangri-La in Mandaluyong City will be attended by some of the world’s leading experts on bioethics and biomedicine.
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This was disclosed by Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice president of the Vatican-based Pontifical Academy for Life and director of the Institute of Bioethics of the Sacred Heart University of Rome following the expression of support released recently by the two esteemed Catholic institutions.
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The forum centered on the "ethics and applications of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the Philippines" attended by church leaders and scientists.
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Several groups of Filipino scientists led by researchers and professors from the University of the Philippines defended the Arroyo policy, which anchored the growth of a modern agricultural sector on biotechnology. The Philippine government has been conducting at least seven major researches on the application of the technology to agriculture since 1997.
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The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) will host on Tuesday a two-day international conference that will tackle challenges presented by biotechnology to human life and the family, such as abortion and genetic engineering. 


CBCP president and Iloilo Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said yesterday the conference to be held at the EDSA Shangri-La in Mandaluyong City will be attended by some of the world’s leading experts on bioethics and biomedicine.
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This was disclosed by Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice president of the Vatican-based Pontifical Academy for Life and director of the Institute of Bioethics of the Sacred Heart University of Rome following the expression of support released recently by the two esteemed Catholic institutions.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179819 [Title] => Catholic church leaders back biotechnology [Summary] => ROME – Leaders of the Catholic Church have openly expressed their continuing support for biotechnology in agriculture in a forum organized by the Asia-Pacific Community Building Foundation held at the University of the Holy Cross here.

The forum centered on the "ethics and applications of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the Philippines" attended by church leaders and scientists.
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Several groups of Filipino scientists led by researchers and professors from the University of the Philippines defended the Arroyo policy, which anchored the growth of a modern agricultural sector on biotechnology. The Philippine government has been conducting at least seven major researches on the application of the technology to agriculture since 1997.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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