Biotechnology Course Links

Bioethics websites

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
• American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
• Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
• Canadian Bioethics Society
• Case-Western Reserve University Bioethics Website
• Center for the Study of Bioethics at The Medical College of Wisconsin
• Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania
• Centre for Bioethics and Human Dignity
• Eubios Ethics Institute (Japan)
• The Hastings Center
• The Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University
• The Linacre Centre for Health Care Ethics (UK) [The Catholic position on biomedical ethics]
• Makkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University)
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission
• National Human Genome Research Institute - Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Human Genetics Research [NIHGR resource page, although it hasn't been updated since 1997]
• National Institutes of Health Bioethics Homepage
• National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
• Southern Cross Bioethics Institute (Australia)
• Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics
• University of British Columbia Centre for Applied Ethics
• University of New York at Buffalo Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
• Waseda University of Bioethics (Japan)
• Washington Biotechnology Action Council [This website opposes most biotechnology]
• Western Institutional Review Board

Bioethics bibliography

• On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research [Ethical issues statement prepared by the National Academy of Sciences in 1994]
• Ethics in Science Bibliography [A detailed site listing science ethics issues (although it has not been updated for a while)]
• National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics

Bioethics journals

• Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
• Eubios Journal of Bioethics (Asian & International Bioethics)
• Journal of Human Reproduction and Genetics Ethics
• Journal of Medical Ethics
• American Journal of Human Genetics
• Australasian Biotechnology

Bioethics search sites

• Bioethicsline

Biotechnology Information Sites

• National Center for Biotechnology Information

The Human Genome Project

Reproductive Technologies

Organ and Tissue Transplantation

Antibiotic Resistance

• Outbreak [A website dedicated to new and emerging diseases]
• CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases

Biotechnology and Agriculture

• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Regulations on Genetically Modified Foods
• Global issues of food safety

Forensic Medicine

• Medical College of Ohio Genetic Testing Service

Bioterrorism

• Outbreak [A website dedicated to new and emerging diseases]
• Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense
• The Stimson Center for the Study of Chemical and Biological Weapons
• U.S. Chemical and Biological Defense Information and Analysis Center
• Defense Research Establishment (Canada)
• Federation of American Scientists Bioweapons Webpage
• The Bradford-SIPRI Chemical and Biological Warfare Project (UK and Sweden)