- Your Genes, Your Choices: Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research
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Describes the Human Genome Project, the science behind it, and the ethical, legal, and social issues that it raises. Easy to understand and includes a glossary.
www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/genechoice/index.html
- President's Council on Bioethics
Enacted by George W. Bush, the council's purpose is to advise the president on bioethical issues related to advances in biomedical science and technology.
www.bioethics.gov
- American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME)
Provides educational information about the intersection of law, medicine, and ethics.
www.aslme.org
- Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
News and commentary on pertinent bioethical issues, including cloning and abortion, IVF, genetics, and stem cells from a Christian perspective.
www.cbhd.org
- National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
Specialized collection of books, journals, and other documents concerned with ethical issues in medicine and the professions, especially contemporary biomedical issues.
bioethics.georgetown.edu
- Canadian Bioethics Society
Soci?t? canadienne de bio?thique.
www.bioethics.ca
- Commercialising the Genome
Details of a legal standards and ethics research project by the University of Tasmania's Centre for Law and Genetics.
www.lawgenecentre.org
- American Journal of Bioethics
Provides the clinical, legal, academic, scientific, religious and broad community-at-large with a rapid but comprehensive debate of issues in bioethics.
www.ajobonline.com
- Nordic Committee on Bioethics
Working to promote collaboration among researchers and identify ethical problems arising in connection with genetic engineering and biotechnological research.
www.ncbio.org
- EU: Biosociety
Designed to stimulate interactions between biotech researchers and social scientists, economists and ethical experts active in the field of life sciences.
europa.eu.int/comm/research/biosociety/index_en.htm
- Hardin, Garrett (1915-2003)@
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- National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Advises on bioethical issues arising from research on human biology and behavior, and the application, including the clinical applications, of that research.
bioethics.georgetown.edu/nbac
- Ethics of Genetics, The
Special report from the Guardian Unlimited presents news, opinion, and analysis on a range of genetic issues.
www.guardian.co.uk/genes
- Bioethics Discussion Pages
www-hsc.usc.edu/~mbernste
- Frontline: Making Babies
Looks at the revolution in reproductive medicine and its commercialization, the safety of experimentation, and the changing nature of the family.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fertility
- Office of Biotechnology Activities - National Institutes of Health
Monitors scientific progress in human genetics research in order to anticipate future developments, including ethical, legal, and social concerns, in basic and clinical research involving recombinant DNA, genetic testing, and xenotransplantation.
www.nih.gov/od/oba
- Online Resource for Instruction in Responsible Conduct of Research
For instructors in biomedical research. Offers a sample program.
www.rcr.ucsd.edu
- NLM's Frankenstein Exhibit
The Frankenstein novel, and its films, seen through the modern topic of medical ethics. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Maryland.
www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/frankenstein/index.html
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