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As part of its curating function, the Global Observatory collects, summarizes, and sorts resources relevant to the ethics and governance of emerging biotechnologies. Use the “Search and Filter” box on the left side of the page to navigate the resources in this database.
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2011-06
Duncan Wilson
The author examines Mary Warnock’s role leading her namesake committee in the UK during the 1980s to show how bioethics gained traction and became institutionalized in Britain.
2011
Sheila Jasanoff , Charles Camic , Neil Gross , Michèle Lamont
Agricultural biotechnology | International | Moratoria | Observatory author | Regulation | Scholarly
Global Observatory Director Sheila Jasanoff describes how objectivity is crafted and contested in global policy making through displays of public reason.
2011
Sheila Jasanoff , Sheila Jasanoff
14-Day Rule | Bioconstitutionalism | Embryo research | International | Observatory author | Regulation | Scholarly
Observatory Director Sheila Jasanoff identifies that the processes of making sense of ambiguous biological entities—like human embryos—are also political processes that settle questions of ethical responsibility toward these entities.
2009
Bonnie Steinbock
This chapter refers to the biology behind embryonic stem cell (ESC) research and the question of permissibility of using human embryos in such research.
2006-03
Charles E. Hanrahan
In a US Congressional Research Service report, Charles Hanrahan recounts a dispute between the United States (along with Argentina and Canada) and the EU over the subject of genetically modified crops.