This chapter discusses the significance of ethics in biotechnology and describes ethical
issues related to genetically modified food, plants, and animals. It explores ethical issues …

In assessing the ethical implications of genomics and biotechnology, it is important to
acknowledge that science, technology, and bioethics do not exist in a vacuum and are not …

Advanced biomedical techniques such as genetic engineering are now used extensively in
animal related research and development. As the pace of development has quickened …

Advanced biomedical techniques such as genetic engineering are now used extensively in
animal related research and development. As the pace of development has quickened …

The Hastings Center's research project The Ethics of Animal Biotechnology, which grew out
of a prior project, Ethical Issues in Animal Experimentation and Research.(See the Special …

Biotechnology is at the intersection of science and ethics. Technological developments are
shaped by an ethical vision, which in turn is shaped by available technology. Much in …

The ethical assessment of new technologies raises two principal concerns: the need to
develop effective policies and legislation, and the reconsideration of the ethical frameworks …

Animal biotechnology and the fashioning of transgenic animals, along with biotechnology in
general, are potent new tools in the arsenal of modern, post-industrial societies. They …

The application of biotechnology to farm animals has the potential to benefit both humans
and animals in significant ways (Seidel, 1986; Robinson and McEvoy, 1993; Müller and …

Ethical Issues in Biotechnology is the first textbook of its kind, written collaboratively by a
philosopher and a biologist to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive …