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Events and conferences
	EMBL/EMBO joint conference on Science and Society: From Genomes to Cures		16 - 18 November 2001 at the EMBL Main Laboratory in Heidelberg: Illustrious speakers; talks and discussions about the human genome project and the use of genetics for the improvement of healthcare.
Bioethics
	ELSA		Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects of the life sciences. A guide to a common sub-area of research on social and cultural implications of the bio-sciences sponsored by the EU.
	European Network on Biomedical Ethics		Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities at the University of Tübingen.
	Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics		Various ethics related material.
	Union of Concerned Scientists		An association of scientists environmentally aware.
	UNESCO		International Bioethics Committee
	UNESCO		Ethical Issues
	MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics		University of Chicago's major database of bioethics issues.
	Cloning: Ethical Dilemmas
	Eubios		An institute of bioethics at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Rich in material on the comparative study of public and professional opinion on ethical issues relating to the life sciences among people in Asia and along the Pacific rim.
	Genetics & Ethics		University of British Columbia.
	Council for Responsible Genetics		A web site for an organization of scientists, public health advocates, and others which promotes a comprehensive public interest agenda for biotechnology.
	Center for Bioethics		A web site with rich documentation on bioethical issues at the University of Pennsylvania.
	GID		Gen-ethischer Informationsdienst, a German web site and a journal  on ethical issues in genomics.
	Office of Research Integrity		US Department of Health and Human Services
	Nordic Committee on Bioethics
	Ethics at UNESCO
	International Human Rights Instruments
	Engineering the Human Germline Symposium Report
	UNESCO Ethics links
Research organizations with related activities
	European Molecular Biology Organization
	Euroscience		A European Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology.
	STOA		Scientific and Technological Options Assessment of the European Parliament.
	Human Genome Organization		HUGO, the international organization of scientists working on the Human Genome Project.
	The Institute for Genomic Research		TIGR, HUGO's main competitor in the race for sequencing the entire human genome.
	Genetics & Ethics		University of British Columbia.
	National Human Genome Research Institute		A comprehensive site for up-to-date information about world-wide, on-going genome research.
	Genomics: A Global Resource		Cloning: as reported in science culture, as reported mass media culture.
	European Commission/BIOSOCIETY		This web site contains lots of interesting and important information about community research sponsored by the European Commission. In particular, a big part of this work is aimed at establishing expertise relevant to the socio-economic dimension and public attitudes to new technologies, thus contributing to the debate that is presently taking place in society.
	biotechnologie.pagina.nl		The biotechnologie.pagina.nl is a frequently updated site with more than 200 biotechnology-related links to institutes, scientific journals and companies in The Netherlands.
Social and historical studies of science
	Science and Society Essays		A collection of essays on subjects related to science and society from Science Magazine.
	"Science Wars"		Offers an archive, a forum, a chat room, and a periodically up-dated poll on the so-called "Science Wars" questions.
	Public perceptions of genetic engineering in Australia		A report from a high-quality detailed survey carried out in Australia in 1994.
	Science, Technology, and Society		Possibly the best web site available for science & society related material of all sorts.
	References on cloning		From The National Library of Medicine online bibliographic database, and ETHX, the online database of article length documents at the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature.
	Genome Symposia		Proceedings from papers from a conference on HGP published in the magazine Risk.
	Human Cloning Plans		A demonstration of how public images of the scientist as "the (wo)man you like to hate" are generated in popular culture.
	Human Genome Diversity Project		Information about the controversial plan to apply modern genetics to generate comparative  knowledge from the genetic heritage of human populations for various purposes.
	Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
	Making PCR		Relates to a fascinating study of the complex conditions and multiple agents who gave birth to this particular technological break-through in molecular biology.
	Science as Culture		An on-line magazine devoted to the historical, social, and cultural studies of science.
	The patenting of DNA		Offers feature articles from Science on patenting and IPR.
	Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)		An international non-governmental organization headquartered in Winnipeg,  dedicated to the conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity, and to the socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies.
	The Green Room		A radio and web-cast show that airs Monday evenings often focusing on science and society related issues. It prides itself of presenting interviews with "some of the most intelligent people on earth" (sic).
	BIOPOLIS		With the declared aim of promoting awareness of and improvements to the relationship between science, technology and our natural and social environments.
	Center for Science in the Public Interest		A web site for an American consumer interest group with lots of information on novel food (un-)safety.
	DNA Learning Center		Cold Spring Harbor's comprehensive resource for timely information about genes in education.

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