Senior Seminar
Medical Ethics in the 21st Centruy

CORE 390

Policy Statements

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Henry Jakubowski

Genetic Engineering

• Report on Human Inheritable Genetic Modifications - from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 9/20/00
• Your Genes, Your Choices:  Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research by Catherine Baker.  A book describing the Human Genome Project, the science behind it, and the ethical, legal, and social issues that are raised by the project.

Cloning - Reproductive and Therapeutic

• Report on Human Cloning:  National Academy of Science,  January, 2002

Stem Cells:

• National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.  August 23, 2000
• Information on Stem Cells from the NIH
• Stem Cells: A Primer from the NIH
• Stem Cell Discoveries Stir Debate - from The Scientist. Nov. 13, 2000
• Stem Cells Tapped to Replenish Organs - from the Scientist. Nov. 27, 2000
• Stem Cells: New Excitement, Persistent Questions - from Science, 290, Dec. 1, 2000
• Report on Stem Cell Use: National Academy of Science, September 2001

Our role in combating disease in the world:

• America'sVital Interest in Global Health : Protecting Our People, Enhancing Our Economy, and Advancing Our International Interests
• Emerging Infectious Diseases: Public Health Issues for the 21st Century
• The Global Spread of Malaria in a Future, Warmer World
• Something to be Done:  Treating HIV/AIDS
• Scaling up HIV/AIDS Programs to National Coverage
• Global AIDS Epidemic:  Time to Turn the Tide
• The Urgency of a Massive Effort Against Infectious Diseases
• World Health Organization Report on Infectious Diseases 2000
• Health Topics and Policy from the WHO
• In Russia, the Ill and Infirm Include Health Care Itself.  New York Times, December 4, 2000
• Infectious Diseases Rising Again in Russia.  New York Times, December 5, 2000