AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

Thematic Areas: Bioethics: Issues

Stem Cells

Current:

• AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Congress Policy Brief: Stem Cell Research
• CNN In-Depth Special on Stem Cell Research
• Patent Laws May Determine Shape of Stem Cell Research (8-17-01)

Perspectives:

• Stem Cell Research: Religious Groups Weigh In at Belief.net
• Letter from the Methodist General Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society on Stem Cell Research, July 17, 2002

Resources:

• Stem Cell Research and Applications: Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research

History:

• Policy Brief on Stem Cell Research
  AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Congress
  August 17, 2001

General

Resources:

• Unprecedented Choices: Religious Ethics at the Frontiers of Science

Gene Patenting

Resources:

• Perspectives on Genetic Patenting: Science, Religion, and Industry in Dialogue

Genetic Discrimination

Resources:

• Statement on Genetic Discrimination in Health Insurance
• AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Congress

Inheritable Genetic Modification

Resources:

• Human Inheritable Genetic Modification: Assessing Scientific, Ethical, Religious, and Policy Issues
• Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modification

Human Cloning

Resources:

• Updated AAAS Statement, January 2003
• AAAS Statement on Human Cloning, February 2002
• AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Congress