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The NIH Department of Bioethics 
NIH Web site on bioethics, including education, research involving human participants and animals, medical and health care ethics, and the implications of applied genetics and biotechnology.

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Resources

• Policy Issues in Genomics
• The Genome Statute and Legislation Database

Additional Web Resources

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities promotes the exchange of ideas and fosters multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and inter-professional scholarship, research, teaching, policy development, professional development, and collegiality among people engaged in clinical and academic bioethics and the medical humanities.
• Kennedy Institute of Ethics: Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University
  The Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University has a Bioethics Research Library which provides an interdisciplinary and multi-format collection on ethical issues related to healthcare, biomedical research, biotechnology, and the environment.
• The Hastings Center
  The Hastings Center is a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to bioethics and the public interest since 1969.
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  EthicShare is a "research and collaboration website for the field of bioethics."

Last Reviewed: December 2, 2025