Explore a Topic: Genetics and Ethics

Ethical issues involving genetics may arise in the following areas. Choose a topic to retrieve a bibliography of citations relating to ethical issues in that area of genetics.

The full-text of early U.S. government reports on these issues are part of the digital archive of the National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics.

Tracking genetic patents is made possible with the DNA Patent Database.

The history that the American eugenics movement has played in discussions of genetics and ethics has been captured in both print and audiovisual materials at the American Eugenics Movement Image Archive.

Selected Resources

The National Human Genome Research Institute maintains resources on
genetic discrimination,
intellectual property and genomics, and
U.S. state government policies and legislation on genetic issues.