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Who Owns the Human Genetic Code? An Annotated Bibliography
Article on whether or not the United States Patent Office should issue patents on gene sequences.
Eugenics, Genetic Engineering, and Cloning
Considerations and arguments on several scientific procedures that possibly could improve human life.
San Francisco State University: Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers
Essays, links to resources and a bibliography compiled by Dr Ron Epstein at the Philosophy Department. Categories include ethical and religious questions, biowarfare, and genetic engineering on humans.
Bioethics in the Classroom
Resources on the Commercialisation of Genetics and its legal consequences.
Agrifood Awareness Australia
Industry initiative, established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate about, gene technology.
Articles about genetic engineering
Many negative articles covering the genetic engineering of plants, animals and human beings.
International Forum for Genetic Engineering
Ifgene encourages a deeper dialogue about genetic engineering by giving special attention to: the worldviews out of which people approach science and its application to genetic engineering (biotechnology); the moral and spiritual implications of genetic engineering.
Embracing Change with All Four Arms
This paper sets out to defend human genetic engineering witha new bioethical approach, post-humanism.
Counterbalance.org: Genetics and Ethics
A Christian site that attempts to address the ethical, religious, and moral issues raised by a broad range of applications of genetics research.
Critical Genetics Project
Information about the scientific basis of genetic engineering and related aspects of biotechnology.
The Food and Drink Federation Foodfuture Programme
Aims to improve public understanding of genetic modification. The programme has initiated wider discussion of the technology - the perceived benefits and disadvantages as well as the ethical and moral concerns.
Council For Responsible Genetics
Advocacy and coalition building form the core of the CRG's work in our program areas of genetic discrimination, patenting of life forms, and food safety and environmental quality.
Australian Gene Ethics Network
Non-profit federation of groups and individuals in Australia promoting critical discussion and debate on the environmental, social and ethical impacts of genetic engineering technologies.
Genetic Engineering Organization
Geenor attempts to increase public awareness about genetic engineering through online articles and software.
Center for Genetics and Society
A pro-choice organization working for sensible policies on genetic engineering technology. Excellent resources and links.
National Human Genome Research Institute: ELSI Research Program
The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program funds and manages studies related to the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic and genomic research, and supports workshops, research consortia, and policy conferences related to these topics.
Planet Earth Issues
Collection of articles about environment, race, and genetic issues.
Biotechnology: Gateway to Environmental Destruction
A brief argument against the use of biotechnology in agriculture and the creation of genetically modified foods. The argument consists of eleven main assertions supported by detailed research.
National Reference Center for BioEthics Literature
Ifgene encourages a deeper dialogue about genetic engineering by giving special attention to: the worldviews out of which people approach science and its application to genetic engineering (biotechnology); the moral and spiritual implications of genetic engineering.
National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics
Compilation of links, journals and other publications that offer research about the ethical and moral aspects of applying genetic knowledge to humans.
Genetic Engineering - Paradise on Earth or a Descent into Hell?
By Keith Parkins. Long article, with a huge list of references at the end.
HumGen - Human Genetics
University of Montreal - CRDP. Access to a wide range of information: credible, relevant policy statements on topics related to human genetics around the world.
HumGen
Canadian-based site provides access to national, regional and international, policy statements on topics relating to human genetics.
ELSI - Human Genome Project
Primarily a collection of links to sites exploring the ELSI.
Centre for Law & Genetics
Resources on the Commercialisation of Genetics and its legal consequences.
Would You Have Allowed Bill Gates to be Born?
Bioethicist Arthur Caplan supposes Bill has Asperger's syndrome, and comments on the perils of prenatal genetic testing that involves not life and death but attributes such as personality and sociability, genius and geekiness.
New Scientist - GM Organisms
Links to articles, some free and some archived.
Human Genome Project: Ethical, Legal, & Social Issues
Explores the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) surrounding availability of genetic information, as it pertains to privacy and the potential for discrimination.
Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology & Industrial Property Rights
Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD): ethical and ecological aspects of industrial property rights in the context of genetic engineering and biotechnology.
The Center for the Study of Technology and Society - Biotechnology
A field that brings together agriculture, genetics, cloning, health, medicine and reproductive technology. The Center is a nonprofit research and educational group based in Washington, D.C.
Biotechnology/Biosafety links from the Third World Network
Geenor attempts to increase public awareness about genetic engineering through online articles and software.
Eubios Ethics Institute
A non-profit group founded by Darryl Macer in Christchurch, New Zealand and in Tsukuba Science City, Japan. Site provides links, general information and conference abstracts.
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