Additional Resources

This National Academies Press publication outlines the state of the science, ethics, public engagement, and risk assessment and offers principles to guide responsible practices in gene drive research.

This National Academies Press publication outlines fifteen research priorities in five key areas (including biomedical ethics) to address to quality of life issues experienced by older individuals.

This National Academies Press publication documents the evidence-based findings, conclusions, and recommendations of a committee of experts charged with investigating several issues associated with genetic testing and screening, including quality control, education, counseling, and use in nonmedical settings.

This National Academies Press publication offers advice from experts in the fields of economics, public health, medicine, and biostatistics on the optimal structure for a national cord blood program and ways to maximize the potential of stem cell technology.

This National Academies Press publication provides guidelines for the responsible conduct of privately funded human embryonic stem (hES) cell research.

This report proposes best practices to enhance the development, evaluation, and translation of omics-based tests and outlines steps to ensure that such tests are assessed for scientific validity ahead of patient treatment.

This volume includes six case studies (deoxyinosine (ddI), RU-486, Medicare coverage for victims of chronic kidney failure, the human genome project, fetal tissue transplantation, and the 1975 Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA) that illustrate how society decides when discoveries raise complex issues. These cases are accompanied by commentary designed to guide productive decision making in the future.

This National Academies Press publication documents the evidence-based findings, conclusions, and recommendations of a committee of experts charged with recommending best practices for integrating and using emerging scientific approaches to evaluate chemical risk.

This National Academies Press Publication synthesizes prior NASEM reports on ethics principles and considerations for emerging biomedical technologies for use in establishing guidelines for future studies.

This publication summarizes workshop proceedings on the role of genome and epigenome editing tools in advancing environmental health research and decision-making.