Helpful Links  

Disclaimer: These external links have been identified to have material related to bioethics and are provided for the reader's interest. The Berman Bioethics Institute does not monitor these sites and makes no representation regarding the information or opinions they contain.

Academic Programs
Accessible Genetics Research Ethics Education - Online Continuing Medical Education

Associations, Organizations and Societies
American Public Health Association
The American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Ethics Standard Group at the AMA
European Society for the Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
Institute for Global Ethics
International Bioethics Committee, United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization Internet Healthcare Coalition
Last Acts Campaign
Pain & The Law
Society for Medical Decision Making

Federal Government
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Home Page
Council on Bioethics
Department for Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (DHHS)
National Institute of Health
Human and Animal Protection: NIH Office for Protection from Research Risks
National Human Genome Research Institute

Other Links
Bioethics Discussion Pages
Bioethics Network of Ohio
Biomedical Ethics: Readings on the Internet (University of Wisconsin)
Community Ethics & Newsletter of Consortium Ethics Program
Ethics Update
National Reference Center for BioEthics Literature
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research
University of Miami Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Operational guidelines for ethics committees that review biomedical
research

Publications
American Journal of Bioethics
Bulletin of Medical Ethics
Ethics and Medics (National Catholic Bioethics Center)
The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Journal of the American Medical Association
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Leadership Medica
The Lancet
New England Journal of Medicine

State Government

Alabama
Alabama Legislature
Department of Public Health

Alaska
Alaska State Legislature
Department of Health and Social Services

Arizona
Arizona Legislature Information Service

Arkansas
Arkansas General Assembly
Department of Health

California
California State Assembly
Department of Health Services

Colorado
Colorado General Assembly
Department of Public Health and Environment

Connecticut
Connecticut General Assembly
Department of Public Health

Delaware
Delaware Legislative Information System
Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services

Florida
Florida Legislature
Department of Health

Georgia
Georgia General Assembly
Division of Public Health, Department of Human Resources

Hawaii
Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau Library
Department of Health

Idaho
Idaho Legislature
Department of Health and Welfare

Illinois
State of Illinois Legislature
Department of Public Health

Indiana
Indiana General Assembly
State Department of Health

Iowa
Iowa General Assembly
Department of Public Health

Kansas
Kansas Legislature
Division of Health, Department of Health and Environment

Kentucky
Kentucky Legislation
Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Louisiana
Louisiana State Legislature
Department of Health and Hospitals

Maine
Maine Legislature
Bureau of Health, Department of Human Services

Maryland
Maryland General Assembly
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Public Health

Michigan
Michigan Legislature
Department of Community Health

Minnesota
Legislation and Bill Tracking - Minnesota Legislative Information Service
Department of Health

Mississippi
Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
State Department of Health

Missouri
Missouri Legislation Search
Department of Health

Montana
Montana Legislature - Bills Search
Department of Public Health and Human Services

Nebraska
Nebraska Unicameral - Bills and Other Legislation
Health and Human Services System

Nevada
Nevada Law
Health Division, Department of Human Resources

New Hampshire
New Hampshire General Court - 156th Legislative Session
Department of Health and Human Services

New Jersey
New Jersey Legislature
Department of Health and Senior Services

New Mexico
New Mexico Legislature - Bill Finder
Department of Health

New York
New York State Assembly Legislative Information System
Department of Health

North Carolina
North Carolina General Assembly
Department of Health and Human Services

North Dakota
North Dakota Legislative Branch
Department of Health

Ohio
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Department of Health

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Legislature
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Oregon
Oregon Bills and Laws
Health Division, Department of Human Resources

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania General Assembly
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island General Assembly
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South Carolina
South Carolina General Assembly - Bill Information
Department of Health and Environmental Control

South Dakota
South Dakota Legislative Research Council
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Tennessee
Tennessee Legislative Information
Department of Health

Texas
Texas Legislative Reference Library
Department of Health

Utah
Utah State Legislature
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Vermont
Vermont General Assembly - Legislative Bill Tracking System
Department of Health

Virginia
Virginia Legislative Information System
Department of Health

Washington
Washington State Legislature - Legislative Information
Department of Health

West Virginia
West Virginia Legislature
Bureau for Public Health

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Legislation
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Wyoming
Wyoming State Legislature
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Stem Cells Links

NIH Stem Cell Information
http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/index.htm

The UK Stem Cell Bank at NIBSC
http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/divisions/cbi/stemcell.html

The President's Council on Bioethics, Monitoring Stem Cell Research (2004)

Eurostem

Medical Research Council (UK)

The Stem Cell Network (Canada)

National Academies Press, Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine (2002)
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309076307/html/

Medline Plus

Nature, Focus on Stem Cells
http://www.nature.com/nature/stemcells/

Time, Stem Cells
http://www.time.com/time/2001/stemcells/

Stem Cell Research News Archive
http://www.bioethics.net/news/news.php?newsCat=stemcell

The New Scientist

Yahoo Stem Cell page
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=science&cat=stem_cell_research

Embryonic Stem Cell Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines at the University of California, San Francisco
http://www.escells.ucsf.edu/index.htm

Stem Cell Research at Stanford University's School of Medicine
http://mednews.stanford.edu/stemcell-index.html

National Stem Cell Centre (Australia)
http://www.nscc.edu.au/nscc_home.html

WiCell Research Institute, Inc
http://www.wicell.org/

Geron
http://www.geron.com/

Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research

The Genetics and Public Policy Center
http://www.dnapolicy.org/

The Institute of Cell Engineering, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ice/index.html

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/index.html

Fogarty African Bioethics

U.S. National Institutes of Health, John E. Fogarty International Center For Advanced Study in the Health Sciences

International Research Ethics Education And Curriculum Development Award:

http://www.fic.nih.gov/programs/training_grants/bioethics/index.htm

Science in Africa web site
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/

Nothern Africa and mideast
http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=regionalgatewayitem&rgwid=2

South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI)

http://www.up.ac.za/sareti/sareti.htm

Sub-Saharan Africa
http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=regionalgatewayitem&rgwid=4

Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site
Johns Hopkins also runs the Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site (Altweb). Visit this central reference point here.