Web Directory

» Agrifood Awareness Australia
   Industry initiative, established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate about, gene technology.
   http://www.afaa.com.au

» Australian Gene Ethics Network
   Non-profit federation of groups and individuals in Australia promoting critical discussion and debate on the environmental, social and ethical impacts of genetic engineering technologies.
   http://www.geneethics.org

» Biotechnology/Biosafety links from the Third World Network
   
   http://www.twnside.org.sg/bio.htm

» Center for Genetics and Society
   A pro-choice organization working for sensible policies on genetic engineering technology. Excellent resources and links.
   http://www.genetics-and-society.org

» Centre for Law & Genetics
   Resources on the Commercialisation of Genetics and its legal consequences.
   http://www.lawgenecentre.org/

» Council For Responsible Genetics
   Advocacy and coalition building form the core of the CRG's work in our program areas of genetic discrimination, patenting of life forms, and food safety and environmental quality.
   http://www.gene-watch.org/

» Counterbalance.org: Genetics and Ethics
   A Christian site that attempts to address the ethical, religious, and moral issues raised by a broad range of applications of genetics research.
   http://www.counterbalance.net/genetics/intro-frame.html

» Critical Genetics Project
   Information about the scientific basis of genetic engineering and related aspects of biotechnology.
   http://www.criticalgenetics.org/

» ELSI - Human Genome Project
   Primarily a collection of links to sites exploring the ELSI.
   http://www.kumc.edu/gec/prof/geneelsi.html

» Embracing Change with All Four Arms
   This paper sets out to defend human genetic engineering with a new bioethical approach, post-humanism.
   http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/Genetech.html

» Eubios Ethics Institute
   A non-profit group founded by Darryl Macer in Christchurch, New Zealand and in Tsukuba Science City, Japan. Site provides links, general information and conference abstracts.
   http://www.eubios.info/

» Eugenics, Genetic Engineering, and Cloning
   Considerations and arguments on several scientific procedures that possibly could improve human life.
   http://jp.senescence.info/thoughts/genetics.html

» GMO Compass
   Informs about the benefits and risks of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The site aims to make an essential contribution to the general GMO debate within the whole European Union.
   http://www.gmo-compass.org/

» Genetic Engineering - Paradise on Earth or a Descent into Hell?
   By Keith Parkins. Long article, with a huge list of references at the end.
   http://www.heureka.clara.net/gaia/genetics.htm

» HumGen - Human Genetics
   University of Montreal - CRDP. Access to a wide range of information: credible, relevant policy statements on topics related to human genetics around the world.
   http://www.humgen.umontreal.ca

» Human Genome Project: Ethical, Legal, & Social Issues
   Explores the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) surrounding availability of genetic information, as it pertains to privacy and the potential for discrimination.
   http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/elsi.shtml

» National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics
   Compilation of links, journals and other publications that offer research about the ethical and moral aspects of applying genetic knowledge to humans.
   http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/nirehg/

» National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
   A specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics. The library holdings represent the wor
   http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/

» San Francisco State University: Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers
   Essays, links to resources and a bibliography compiled by Dr Ron Epstein at the Philosophy Department. Categories include ethical and religious questions, biowarfare, and genetic engineering on humans.
   http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GEessays/gedanger.htm

» Who Owns the Human Genetic Code? An Annotated Bibliography
   Article on whether or not the United States Patent Office should issue patents on gene sequences.
   http://academic.udayton.edu/health/05bioethics/00ammons.htm

» Would You Have Allowed Bill Gates to be Born?
   Bioethicist Arthur Caplan supposes Bill has Asperger's syndrome, and comments on the perils of prenatal genetic testing that involves not life and death but attributes such as personality and sociability, genius and geekiness.
   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7899821/