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Hervé Chneiweiss is a neurologist and neuroscientist, MD-PhD, Emeritus Research Director (CNRS) at the Centre for Neuroscience Sorbonne University and neuro-oncologist at hosp. La Salpétrière (AP-HP). Trained as a neurologist (movement disorders, neurogenetics and then brain tumors), his scientific work was dedicated to the plasticity of astrocytes and for the last 20-y their roles in brain tumor origin, progression and treatment resistance, identifying new metabolic drivers and therapeutic avenues. He has authored more than 200 academic papers. He is also involved in bioethics, presently chair Inserm Ethics Committee, EMBL Ethics Board, EBRAINS Science and Society and ARRIGE, past-chair of UNESCO International Bioethics Committee, former member French National Ethics Committee (CCNE), WHO advisory committee on developing global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing, expert for OECD for neurotechnology. He wrote several books or chapters on bioethics of human embryos, stem cells, genetics and neuroscience.
