BIOETHICS

• Today's topic is "Bioethics".
  
  Here is a brief explanation of Bioethics from the website of the University of Western Ontario.
  Click => What is Bioethics?
  
  Even though this topic is related to many other fields among the Life Sciences in addition to Biotechnology, it is included here because of the important ethical issues involved in almost every sub-field of Biotech.
   
• Next, we'll look at the website of the Deutsches Referenzzentrum für Ethik in den Biowissenschaften (German Reference Center for Ethics in the Life Sciences).
  
  It will give you an idea about why this topic is important. Please note that - even though it's the website of German Reference Center for Ethics in the Life Sciences - the home page is in English; you have to click "Deutsch" (top right corner) to get the German-language version.
   
• BIOETHICS.NET
  The website is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Center of Bioethics. It is the most visited bioethics web site in the world and contains more than 500 pages of information about all aspects of ethical issues in medicine and science.
  
  We'll look at the introductory section, which is rather general.
  Click => Bioethics.net
   
• ESSAY
  Please write a short essay about some of the ethical questions in Biotech.
  Click => HERE
   
• GLOSSARY (with listening sections)
  Click => U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute's Glossary of Genetic Terms
   
• GRAPHICS
  Click => Access Excellence of the U.S. National Health Museum
   
• NEWS
  Click => www.biospace.com
  

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