Academic Resources: Topical Resources
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Bioethics and New Genetics
research tools
- Bioethics and Society Research Register, a searchable directory of individuals and centres involved in research into the ethical, legal and social aspects of biotechnology.
- Ethical, Legal, Social, Implications of Human Genome Project, from the University of Kentucky Medical Center
- Georgetown University's National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics, funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, supports information services - for example, bibliographic databases searchable via the Internet, the full text of online annotated bibliographies, and print publications - on topics related to ethics and human genetics.
- HumGen, International Database on the legal, social and ethical aspects of human genetics.
- The New Genetics, resources from the University of Medicine & Dentristry of New Jersey
organizations
- American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
- Biotechnology and Women's Health, a working group on women, health and the new genetics
- British Human Genetics Commission, the UK Government's advisory body on new developments in human genetics and how they impact on individual lives.
- Eubios Ethics Institute: The Eubios Ethics Institute is a nonprofit group that aims to stimulate the international discussion of ethical issues, and how we may use technology in ways consistent with "good life" (eu-bios). It aims at an integrated and cross-cultural approach to bioethics, and at building up an international network.
publications
- American Journal of Law & Medicine, from the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
- Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB), from the Asian Bioethics Association (ABA) and the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Bioethics Program
- Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, from the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
- Journal of Medical Ethics
- New Genetics and Society
academic units
- Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society (CCELS): this virtual centre connects researchers and practitioners in medicine, science, the social sciences and humanities
- Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
- Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
