Biotechnology

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Authors: Geller, Lisa N. ; Billings, Paul R. ; Alper, Joseph S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article reports on the findings of a survey looking at genetic descrimination, or the the differential treatment of individuals based on real or perceived differences in their genomes, The researchers looked into 206 cases of a...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02639319

Authors: Guarino, Linda, Comstock, Gary ; Torrie, Melanie ; Fletcher, Jacqueline ; Ziegler, Robert ; Shriver, Sharon ; Penner, Karen Pesaresi ; Hessler, Kristen ; Whetten, Ross
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the effort to develop a variety of rice that could potentially solve a vitamin deficiency that affects over 230 million children in the world. The case study asks students to write a letter either supporting or opposing fu...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/publications/case_studies/golden_rice/default.html

Authors: Salvi, Maurizio
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper looks at the ethical implications arising from animal biotechnology, and in particular looks at the production of transgenic animals through a specific case study: the oncomouse. While biologists are willing to geneticall...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0022-x

Authors: Mellon, Margaret G. ; Rissler, Jane
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Written by members of the Union of Concerned Scientists, this book does not oppose the development of transgenic crops, but looks at ethical issues that are raised by their development and widespread use. The authors review the curr...
Year: 1996

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Authors: Rowan, John R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Year: 2003

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Authors: Frederick, William C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: A fictional conversation between the Pope and high-tech executive Bill Joy compares the moral responsibilities of the church and high-tech business firms. Joy fears that genetic engineering, robotics, and nanotechnology threaten the...
Year: 2000

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Authors: Prusak, Bernard G.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article focuses on the views of German political philosopher Jürgen Habermas regarding bioethics. The moral and political significance of prenatal genetic engineering or enhancement which could affect the person's relation to hi...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2005.0113

Authors: Midgley, Mary
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses several moral issues surrounding biotechnology. Relationship of the connection between act and consequences with the objections raised to bio-engineering; Discussion on the yuk factor; Why bio-engineering is seen as monstr...
Year: 2000

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Authors: Lappe, Marc
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Asserts that new developments in genetics, neurobiology, and biotechnology will create novel ethical questions. Human Genome Project and ethics; Prenatal diagnosis; Insurers and underwriters; Neurological basis of thought disorders;...
Year: 1990

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Authors: Lauritzen, Paul
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Argues that if stem cell interventions materialize along the lines described by their more avid proponents, it might upend our current ethical commitments, or at least undercut our commitment to them, in part because they might incl...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2005.0026

Authors: Furger, Franco ; Fukuyama, Francis
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article discusses a proposal for modernizing the regulation of human biotechnologies in the U.S. According to the authors, some lines of basic medical research could change the biological foundations of human reproduction. A new...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2007.0053

Authors: Frankel, Mark S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses inheritable genetic modification and the ethical issues concerning these technology. Information on the report issued by the American Association for the Advancement of Science concerning the utilization of the technology;...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Donnelley, Strachan ; McCarthy, Charles R. ; Singleton, Jr Rivers
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Year: 1994

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Authors: Cassell, Eric J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the impact of technology on the practice of medicine. Effect of technology to medical inflation; Influence of technology on the attempt to reform the health care system and on the redirection of the goals of health care sy...
Year: 1993

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Authors: Callahan, Daniel
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the analogy between automobile and medical technology. Significance of these technologies to human; Human needs to which technology responds to; Ways in which medical technology serves human; Problems with increasing desir...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Cahill, Lisa Sowle
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Social policy questions in the U.S. are often framed in terms of individual rights, valorizing individual freedom and self-determination. But this focus obscures the social and economic bases of health and disease. U.S. bioethics, a...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Cahill, Lisa Sowle
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Addresses three aspects of the ethics research on biotechnologies. Why autonomy and distributive justice should be treated together as counterparts; Context of global justice and the world order; Standard way of approaching regulati...
Year: 1999

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Authors: Gert, Bernard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: USA Today Magazine
Abstract: Focuses on the moral implications of genetic engineering developments. Different types of genetic engineering; Controversy on the alteration of human genetic structures; Arguments against eugenics....
Year: 1999

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Authors: Albin, Ramona C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science & Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The framers of the U.S. Constitution believed that intellectual property rights were crucial to scientific advancement. Yet, the framers also recognized the need to balance innovation, privatization, and public use. The courts' expa...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9234-2

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The setting for this case is the family dinner table, where a heated discussion about genetically altered foods is taking place. Marsha Cumberland’s brother-in-law has joined the family for dinner. Ed is an industry official whose j...
Year: 2000
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=423&id=423

Authors: Shew, Wayne ; Reese, Mary Celeste ; Birmingham-Southern College, Department of Biology ; Mississippi State University, Department of Biological Sciences
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Starting from a fictional “news” report about an apparent allergic reaction to a taco tainted by genetically modified corn, students consider some of the techniques and procedures used in modern molecular genetics and microbiology a...
Year: 2007
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=290&id=290

Authors: University of Kentucky, Department of Community and Leadership Development ; Balschweid, Mark ; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication ; Hains, Bryan ; Hains, Dawn
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, students are introduced to concepts and techniques in modern biotechnology, as well as the possible implications of this emerging science, by considering the possibility of in vitro cultured meat. Intended for us...
Year: 2006
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=264&id=264

Authors: Alkhazindar, Maha M. ; Rhodes, Bill ; Schiller, Nancy A. ; Clemson University, Department of Horticulture ; Cairo University, Biotechnology ; University at Buffalo, University Libraries
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This discussion case, in which a university research laboratory is vandalized by environmental activists opposed to genetic engineering, focuses on the science and ethics of genetically modified crops. Students consider both the ris...
Year: 2001
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=232&id=232

Authors: Glick, J. Leslie
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Discusses the influence of industrial communications on public perceptions of biotechnology in the United States. Appreciation of the benefits and increasing concerns about the technology; Public acceptance; Societal issues associat...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.1080/08989629708573906