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Biotech firm offers to clone dogs for highest bidders

Tests performed at the University of California, Davis' Veterinary Genetics Laboratory found that DNA samples taken from Missy and the three other dogs appeared to belong to the same individual.

Phew! Humans may have faced extinction

This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence, said in a statement. "Tiny bands of early humans ...

Congress to vote on genetic discrimination ban

Francis Collins, genetics chief at the National Institutes of Health, said it's difficult to know how often genetic discrimination has occurred because victims are reluctant to come forward. He cited one example of a Texas-based railroad that once ...

Does mom's diet influence baby's sex?

Critics, however, said the new research contradicts basic facts of human genetics. A father’s sperm determines a child’s sex, and there’s no evidence that maternal nutrition has anything to do with it, said Dr. Paul Magarelli, vice president of ...

Work Visas: Lose the Lottery

He argues that a PhD genetics researcher should never lose out to a $16-a-hour accountant. If H-1B visas were granted in this manner, "every $100,000 H-1B that Bill Gates filed would get approved," he argues. And any business with a critical need for ...

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» Agrifood Awareness Australia - Industry initiative, established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate about, gene technology.
» 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.
» Biotechnology: Gateway to Environmental Destruction - A brief argument against the use of biotechnology in agriculture and the creation of genetically modified foods. The argument consists of eleven main assertions supported by detailed research.
» Biotechnology/Biosafety links from the Third World Network
» Center for Genetics and Society - A pro-choice organization working for sensible policies on genetic engineering technology. Excellent resources and links.
» Centre for Law & Genetics - Resources on the Commercialisation of Genetics and its legal consequences.
» 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.
» 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.
» Critical Genetics Project - Information about the scientific basis of genetic engineering and related aspects of biotechnology.
» ELSI - Human Genome Project - Primarily a collection of links to sites exploring the ELSI.
» Embracing Change with All Four Arms - This paper sets out to defend human genetic engineering with a new bioethical approach, post-humanism.
» 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.
» Eugenics, Genetic Engineering, and Cloning - Considerations and arguments on several scientific procedures that possibly could improve human life.
» The Food and Drink Federation Foodfuture Programme - Aims to improve public understanding of genetic modification. The programme has initiated wider discussion of the technology - the perceived benefits and disadvantages as well as the ethical and moral concerns.
» Genetic Engineering - Paradise on Earth or a Descent into Hell? - By Keith Parkins. Long article, with a huge list of references at the end.
» Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology & Industrial Property Rights - Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD): ethical and ecological aspects of industrial property rights in the context of genetic engineering and biotechnology.
» Genetic Engineering Organization - Geenor attempts to increase public awareness about genetic engineering through online articles and software.
» 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.
» 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.
» HumGen - Canadian-based site provides access to national, regional and international, policy statements on topics relating to human genetics.
» 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.
» New Scientist - GM Organisms - Links to articles, some free and some archived.
» Planet Earth Issues - Collection of articles about environment, race, and genetic issues.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.