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Online Resources: Biomedical Ethics

The CRISPR Baby Scandal: What’s Next for Human Gene-editing
On the ethical, legal, and social implications of Chinese scientist He Jiankui's gene-editing of twin girls in 2019.
The History of Biological Warfare
This article by Friedrich Frischknecht looks at 900 years of biological weaponry.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics: BioEthics
Free access to articles, cases, and links on bioethics.
Office of Research Integrity
Promotes integrity in biomedical and behavioral research supported by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS).
Online Ethics Center
A repository of resources on the ethics of science, engineering, and research.
Voices in Bioethics
An online journal published by Columbia University.

Selected E-books on Ethics in Biological Engineering

Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems by Ronald L. Sandler (Editor).
ISBN: 0739178210
Publication Date: 2013
Experiments in Democracy: Human Embryo Research and the Politics of Bioethics by Benjamin Hurlbut
ISBN: 0231179545
Publication Date: 2017
Islamic Ethics and the Genome Question by Mohammed Ghaly (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9004392122
Publication Date: 2018
Life Science Ethics by Gary L. Comstock (Editor)
ISBN: 9789048187911
Publication Date: 2010
Synthetic Biology Analysed: Tools for Discussion and Evaluation by Margret Engelhard (Editor), et al.
ISBN: 3319251430
Publication Date: 2016
Synthetic Biology and Morality: Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature by Gregory E. Kaebnick (Editor); Thomas H. Murray (Editor)
ISBN: 0262519593
Publication Date: 2013

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