Academic Resources: topical resources: bioethics & new genetics
research tools | organizations | publications | academic units
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
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
updated April 19, 2007