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Council for Responsible Genetics  - http://www.gene-watch.org/  Working to encourage public understanding and involvement in debates about genetic engineering.  Biocapitalism: What Price the Genetic Revolution?  - http://www.technorealism.org/Biocapitalism.html  Essay by David Shenk from Harper's Magazine.  Human Germline Engineering: Best Hope or Worst Fear?  - http://research.mednet.ucla.edu/pmts/germline  FAQs and contrasting viewpoints by over 50 experts in many fields. Organized into 11 topics. Text, audio and video clips. For scientists, educators, students and the general public.  The Center for the Study of Technology and Society - Biotechnology  - http://www.tecsoc.org/biotech/biotech.htm  It is a field that brings together agriculture, genetics, cloning, health, medicine and reproductive technology. The Center is a nonprofit research and educational group based in Washington, D.C.  Judaism and the Human Genome Project  - http://www.jlaw.com/Commentary/genome.html  Commentary from the Jewish Law (journal) site that deals with questions that Judaism raises in connection with the human genome project  Interchurch Commission on Genetic Engineering (Aotearoa New Zealand)  - http://www.pq.godzone.net.nz/gecommission  An ecumenical commission to address the issues surrounding genetic engineering from a christian perspective.  Embracing Change with All Four Arms  - http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/Genetech.html  This paper sets out to defend human genetic engineering with a new bioethical approach, post-humanism.  Ethical Dangers of Genetic Engineering.  - http://www.greens.org/s-r/20/20-01.html  What will it be like in a future world where your life started with your parents designing your genes.  Ethics and Genetics - Articles and Papers  - http://www.med.upenn.edu/bioethics/02/GeneticsEthics.shtml  From the Center for Bioethics. Genetic determinism, gene therapy and ethical concerns.  Genetic Engineering - Paradise on Earth or a Descent into Hell?  - http://www.heureka.clara.net/gaia/genetics.htm  By Keith Parkins. Long article, with a huge list of references at the end.  Ethics and Genetic Engineering  - http://www.voice.buz.org/genetic_engineering/ethicsandge.html  A Response to the Department of the Environment's Consultation Paper - Genetically Modified Organisms and the Environment  Humans and Genetic Engineering in the New Millenium  - http://www.etiskraad.dk/publikationer/genethics/ren.htm  Humans and Genetic Engineering in the New Millenium - How are we going to get "Gen-Ethics" just in time?  Genetics and Public Issues  - http://www.csu.edu.au/learning/ncgr/gpi/about_gpi.html  Genetics and Public Issues program designs resources to help integrate genetic information, biotechnology and services into society, educating such audiences as policy makers, health professionals, lawyers and judges, and consumers.  BootStrike.Com - Genetic Engineering  - http://www.bootstrike.com/Genetics  Covers the Fundamentals of Genetics and the 3 major genetic engineering technologies, Cloning, DNA and Stem Cells. We also have a glossary you can use.