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Bioethics Debate: Additional Resources - by Debate Topic

Cloning

Cloning for Reproduction
American Medical Association - Code of Medical Ethics
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
The President's Council on Bioethics (2002)
The ethics of cloning
ScienceDirect
Cloning humans? Biological, ethical, and social considerations
National Library of Medicine

CRISPR

Perspectives on Gene Editing
The Harvard Gazette
Bioethical issues in genome editing by CRISPR
National Institutes of Health
Beyond safety: mapping the ethical debate on heritable genome editing interventions
Nature
No time to waste—the ethical challenges created by CRISPR
National Library of Medicine

Stem Cells

Examining the ethics of embryonic stem cell research
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Going to the roots of the stem cell debate
National Library of Medicine
Debate ethics of embryo models from stem cells
Nature
The Case Against Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Interview with Yuval Levin
Pew Research

Patenting Genes

What Are Gene Patents and Why Are People Worried about Them?
National Library of Medicine
Ethics and Gene Patenting
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
Patenting human genetic material: refocusing the debate
National Library of Medicine
Diagnostic Testing and the Ethics of Patenting DNA
Nature