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The following articles have already been published. This list includes Vol.8, No. 2, ( 2002 )

Vol.1 No. 1 (1995)
ADPKD and the Clinical and Ethical Challenges of Predictive Medicine
Prof. Dr med. Rita Kielstein (Germany)
What Rules for Procreation?
Judge Christian Byk (France)
The New Gene Technology and the Difference Between Getting Rid of Illness and Altering People
Agneta Sutton Fil. Kand, MSc., MPhil. (England)

Vol.1 No. 2 (1995)
Genetic Reductionism : A Nine Day Wonder?
Mr. Paul Monger (England)
The Public Understanding of Genetics - where next?
Dr Jon Turney (England)

Vol.2 No. 1 (1996)
An Historical Development of Patenting Micro-organisms & Genetically Engineered Animals in the USA and Europe
Part. 1 Developments in the USA

Ranald McTaggart, LL.B (Scotland)
Safety, Moral, Social & Ethical Issues Related to Genetically Modified Foods
Prof. John Smith
BOOK REVIEWS:
Genethics
Hans-Peter Bernhard and Clive Cookson

Vol.2 No. 2 (1996)
International Symposium on Human Gene Therapy
The Declaration of Inuyama
Predictive and Carrier Testing of Children:
Professional Dilemmas for Clinical Geneticists
Alison Chapple, MA ; Carl May, PhD ; Peter Campion, FRCGP (England)
An Historical Development of Patenting Micro-organisms & Genetically Engineered Animals in the USA and Europe
Part. 2 Developments in the EU

Ranald McTaggart, LL.B (Scotland)
BOOK REVIEWS:
Genetics of Criminal & Antisocial Behaviour
Ciba Foundation

Vol.3 No. 1 (1997)
Ethical Aspects of Patenting Inventions Involving Elements of Human Origin
Group of Advisers to the European Commission on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology
Are there Limits to Animal Transgenesis?
Rev'd David de Pomerai, Ph.D, SOSc
Against Experimentation on Human Embryos
Centre of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)
BOOK REVIEWS:
New Dictionary of Ethics & Pastoral Theology
David J. Atkinson & David H. Field
The Gift
Playwright : Nicola Baldwin
Christian Choices in Healthcare
M. Dominic Beer
Protein Engineering ; Principles & Practice
J.L. Cleland & C.S. Craik

Vol.3 No. 2 (1997)
The Human Genome Project as seen from Arrabida
Prof. Dr Walter Osswald
A Sociological Perspective on Genetic Screening
Dr Mairi Levitt (England)
From Medically Assisted Procreation to Euthanasia:
A Modern Way to Deal with Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Medicine
Prof. Dr Y. Englert (Belgium)
Gene Therapy for Ageing : Mission Impossible?
Dr Suresh I.S. Rattan (Denmark)
A Suggested Distinction Between Ethics and Morality
Prof. B. Chiarelli (Italy)
BOOK REVIEWS:
Genetic Intervention on Human Subjects
Report of a working party of the Catholic Bishops' Joint Committee on Bioethical Issues
Le Huitième Jour (The Eighth Day)
Film in French with Daniel Auteuil & Pascal Duquenne
Cultural & Ethnic Diversity: a Guide for Genetics Professionals
Nancy L. Fisher
The Genetic Revolution ; Today's Dream or Tomorrow's Nightmare?
Dr Patrick Dixon

Vol.4 No. 1 (1998)
The Power of Genetics and the Power of the Press
Pierre E.S. Metzger (France)
Pluralism, Education and Gene Technology
Dr Roger Straughan (England)
Identifying Moral Perplexity in Reproductive Medicine,
a Discourse Ethics Rationale
Dr Matthias Kettner and Dr Dieter Schäfer (Germany)
The Kantian Formula of Human Dignity and its Implications for Bioethics
Univ.-Prof. Dr Werner Wolbert (Austria)
BOOK REVIEWS:
Principles of Genetics
P. Snustad, M. Simmons & J. Jenkins
Fertility & Faith - The Ethics of Human Fertilization
Brendan McCarthy
Human Chromosome Preparation
D.E. Rooney and B.H. Czepulkowski

Vol.4 No. 2 (1998)
Gene Therapy - The Great Debate!
Prof. R. Williamson and Dr B. Kampmann
Assisted Procreation : Fertility in Mourning and the Perspectives of the Couple
Mme Claudine Bourg, Psychologist (Belgium)
Cloning - A Step Too Far?
Dr Donald Bruce
Dolly Mixtures : Retrospective & Prospects for Animal & Human Cloning
Rev'd Dr David de Pomerai, SOSc.
BOOK REVIEWS:
In Vitro Fertilisation in the 1990s, Towards a Medical, Social & Ethical Evaluation of IVF
Elisabeth Hildt and Dietmar Mieth
The Calculation of Genetic Risk, Worked Examples in DNA Diagnostics
Peter J. Bridge
GATTACA
Film directed by Andrew Niccol

Vol.5 No. 1 (1999)
European Group on Ethics (EGE) ; Human Tissue Banks ; Human Embryo Research
European Commission, Secretariat-General
Parents & Children in Assisted Procreation:
Psychological Reflections concerning a Medical Journey

Mme Claudine Bourg, Psychologist (Belgium)
Genetic Testing and Screening:
The Developing European Jurisprudence
Mr. Tony McGleenan, Lecturer in Jurisprudence

Vol.5 No. 2 (1999)
Consultation Rejects Human Reproductive Cloning
Human Genetics Advisory Commission
Research Involving Cloning Humans
European Union Fifth Framework Programme
Human Rights in the World of the Genetic Revolution
Mr. Antonio Castro-Rios, LL.B
The Persistence of Eugenics
Dr David King
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Genetic Gods Evolution & Belief in Human Affairs;
John C. Avise

Vol.6 No. 1 (2000)
- First bulk import of sperm to the United Kingdom from abroad
- Paid egg sharing to be regulated, not banned
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Report on Genetics and Employment
Human Genetics Advisory Commission
Reflections on Prospero:
Questions in Theology with respect to Cloning

Rev'd Duncan J. Dormor, MA, MSc
Ethical Concerns about Patenting in Relation to Living Organisms
Dr Donald Bruce
BOOK REVIEWS:
Promoting Safe & Effective Genetic Testing in the Unites States,
Final Report of the Task Force on Genetic Testing

N.A. Holtzman and M.S. Watson
Genetics in Human Reproduction
Elisabeth Hildt and Sigrid Grauman
Truth & the Child, 10 Years On:
Information Exchange in Donor Assisted conception
Eric Blyth, Marilyn Crawshaw & Jennifer Speirs
Matters of Life and Death
John Wyatt
Playing God? Genetic Determinism & Human Freedom
Ted Peters
Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease, Ethical & Clinical Issues
S.G. POST and P.J. Whitehouse

Vol.6 No. 2 (2000)
HFEA to permit the use of frozen eggs in fertility treatment
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Cloning Patent Raises Important Ethical Questions
Society Religion & Technology Project, Church of Scotland
The Potentiality Argument in the Debate Relating to the Beginning of Personhood
Univ.-Prof. Dr Werner Wolbert
Prenatal Diagnosis & Ethics : a Turkish Evaluation
Prof. Dr Berna Arda
X-Y Sperm Selection : Fact or Fiction?
Prof. Dr H.W. Michelmann, G. Gratz & B. Hinney
Legislating for the New Predictive Genetics
Prof. David J. Galton & Katherine O'Donovan
BOOK REVIEWS:
Designer Myths : the Science, Law & Ethics of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Kay Chung
Christians & Bioethics
Fraser Watts

Vol.7 No. 1 (2001)
Experts give go-ahead for human stem cell research but safeguards are needed
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
All in Our Genes?
Rev. David Easton
Human Embryonic Cloning
Dr Donald Bruce
Ethical Aspects of Human Stem Cell Research and Use
European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
Exploitation and Commercial Surrogate Motherhood
Hugh V. McLachlan and Prof. J.K. Swales
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
British Fertility Society
In Vitro Fertilisation: The Science and the Ethics in the 21st Century
Ms. Lorraine Kelly
The Challenge of Genetic Engineering to Medical Anthropology and Ethics
O. Univ. Prof. Dr Ulrich Körtner
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Way of the (Modern) World
Craig M. Gay
THEATRE REVIEW:
Learning to Love the Grey
Jonathan Hall

Vol.7 No. 2 (2001)
Consultation on the Future of Genetic Information
Human Genetics Commission
Protocol Banning Human Cloning
Council of Europe
Legal Responses to some of the New Developments in Reproductive Technologies, Part.1
Andrew Scott, LL.B.
Ethical, Biological and Legal Aspects in the use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Germany
Gisela Badura-Lotter, Dipl. Biol.
'Not so Wrong that we are Prepared to Threaten the Entire Service': The Regulation of Reproductive Technologies in the UK
Dr Mairi Levitt
A Discussion of Social, Ethical, Practical and Consequential Effects of Sex-Selection
J.M. Montgomery
BOOK REVIEWS:
Behavioral Genetics, The Clash of Culture & Biology
ed. Ronald Carson & Mark Rothstein
Interests in Abortion, A New perspective on F¦tal Potential & the Abortion Debate
Tracie Martin
Adoption, Search & Reunion, The Long Term Experience of Adopted Adults
David Howe & Julia Feast
Christian Ethics & Contemporary Moral Problems
Michael Banner
Bio-Ethics for the New Millennium
Church of Scotland Board of Social Responsibility
The Ethics of Genetics in Human Procreation
ed Hille Haker & Deryk Beyleveld
FILM REVIEW:
The 6th Day
Roger Spottiswoode with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Vol.8 No. 1 (2002)
Commercialisation of Genetics Services: the Role of Genetic Counsellors
Chris MacDonald, Ph.D.
Bodies, Persons and Research on Human Embryos
Dr Hugh V. McLachlan
Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ART) Applications in Turkey as Viewed by Feminists
Serap Sahinoglu-Pelin MD, Ph.D.
Legal Responses to some of the New Developments in Reproductive Technologies, Part.2, The Case of Diane Blood
Andrew Scott, LL.B.
BOOK REVIEWS:
Ethical Eve : The Hulan Genome
J.F. Mattei
European Neonatal Research ; Consent, Ethics Committees & Law
Su Mason & Chris Megone
Assisted Conception ; Research, Ethics & Law
Jennifer Gunning
Human Fertilisation & Embryology
Robert G. Lee & Derek Morgan

Vol.8 No. 2 (2002)
Human Fertilisation and Embryological Authority and Human Genetics Commission
Cloning Human Embryos for Spare Tissue, An Ethical Dilemma
Dr Donald Bruce
Legal Responses to some of the New Developments in Reproductive Technologies, Part 3
The Future of Reproductive Technologies and the Law
Andrew Scott, LL.B.
Bio-Policy and the Place of Institutionalised Ethics in Political Decision Making
Dr Felix Thiel
Bioethical Dilemmas through Patristic Thought
Archimandrite Makarios Griniezakis
Bioethics and Human Rights
Ms Alessandra Prudente
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Misunderstood Gene
Michel Morange
Translated by Matthew Cobb
Before Birth. Understandine prenatal sereening
Edited by Elizabeth Ettorre
GENETICS - GENE ETHICS: Interviews with Hungarian Scientists
Edited by Andrea Ferenezi
Organ Transplantation, Euthanasia, Cloning and Animal Experimentation : An Islamic View
Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrabim

 

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