About Biotech: Issues and Ethics
Original articles, transcripts of lectures and symposia and a collection of resources for teachers and learners.
Bioethics
Stem cell research, genetic testing, cloning: progress in the life sciences is giving human beings new power to improve our health and control the development processes of all living species. UNESCO addresses bioethics from an international and multi-cultural perspective.
Bioethics Resources on the Web
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has assembled an extensive and wellorganized list of bioethics links related to education, research involving human participants and animals, medical and health care ethics, and the implications of applied genetics and biotechnology.
ELSI: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genetics Research
This site provides links to information on the history of ELSI, the kinds of issues and activities in which ELSI is involved, and, perhaps most useful to teachers, ELSI web pages for a number of other government organizations.
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Science
This site, developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provides several scenarios that can be used to stimulate classroom discussion and debates on topics such as breast screening and indoor and outdoor pollution. Many relevant links to web resources are provided to assist teachers and students.
Ethics of Science and Technology
UNESCO brings a global perspective to the ethics of science and technology as it builds and reinforces linkages among ethicists, scientists, policy-makers and civil society to assist Member States in enacting sound and reasoned policies on ethical issues in science and technology.
Human Genome Project Information: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) have devoted a percentage of their annual Human Genome Project budgets toward studying the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSi) surrounding the availability of genetic information. This suite of ELSI pages covers a number of these issues.
Ethics Around the World
UNESCO addresses bioethics from an international and multi-cultural perspective and provides multi-lingual and multi-cultural bioethics education materials.
Genetics & Ethics Homepage
A comprehensive list of resources on many aspects of genetics and ethics. Includes sections on Genetics & the Law, News and Bulletins, Discussion groups and more.
High School Bioethics Project
Bioethics resources from the High School Bioethics Project include curricula, print and web-based materials. The first set of neuroethics curriculum supplements are now available.
