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 March
1999
"We used to
think our future was in the stars. Now we know it is in our genes."
— James Watson, Nobel Prize Winner and developer of the Human
Genome Project
Related Websites
Glossary of
Terms:
http://www.niec.net/ipcb/genetics/glossary.html
Suggested Reading
list and Links:
http://www.niec.net/ipcb/resources/
resources.html
Sony's Gattaca
Website:
http://www.spe.sony.com/Pictures/SonyMovies/
movies/Gattaca/
Andrew Niccol,
director of the film Gattaca:
"I would
hate for anyone to look at my film and think it is advocating
that you never tamper with genes, because there have been and
will be many positive things to come out of this kind of science
in terms of curing diseases. But the problem is that blurred line
between health and enhancement. How far do you go? Do you consider
short- sightedness a disease? Premature balding? Crooked teeth?
Where do you draw the line?"
Redesigning
the World: Ethical Questions about Genetic Engineering
by Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GE%20Essays/Redesigning.htm
Genetics and
Ethics Discussion Groups
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/brynw/
talk.html
Genetics and
Public Issues Archive
http://www.ncgr.org/gpi/Index.html
Australian Gene
Ethics Network
http://www.zero.com.au/agen/
Council for
Responsible Genetics
http://www.essential.org/crg/
The Indigenous
Peoples Coalition Against Biopiracy
http://www.niec.net/ipcb/
USF Web site
for April 98 Conference Human Cloning: Science, Ethics & Public
Policy
http://www.usfca.edu/cloning/
HMS Beagle
http://www.biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/
Resource List:
http://www.biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/40/cutedge/
synopsis.htm#end_links
Links and annotated
list from Human Genome Project
http://www.ornl.gov/
TechResources/Human_Genome/links3.html
The Gene Letter
http://www.geneletter.org/
Reproductive
Technologies: History Of Acceptance http://www.geneletter.org/
0898/acceptance.htm
The Ethics of
Genetics Monday, November 30, 1998
This Issue of the Week addresses the ethical controversies rasied
by recent advances in genetic technology. Genetic testing, the use
of genetic information and the developing practice of cloning threaten
to forever alter the way we think about identity and individuality,
and may have far reaching implications on personal privacy and freedom
from discrimination.
http://
www.policy.com/issuewk/1998/1130_4 5/index.html
Ethical, Social
and Political Dimensions of Science
http://www.utep.edu/
biology/courses/allchin/Biol1531/esp-sci.htm
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