Ethics in gene therapy

[ifunes]

Gene therapy and Gene Therapy enhancement. I need to make a power point on the subject. Can anyone give some ideas/opinions about the subject?

Thanks,

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

Some very useful information about Gene therapy in general:

For a tutorial on Gene Therapy:

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/genetherapy.shtml

The American Society of Gene Therapy is another excellent resource:

http://www.asgt.org/

Here are some other general genetics resouces:

American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG)

http://www.faseb.org/genetics/acmg/acmgmenu.htm

Coalition for Genetic Fairness (CGF)

Council of Medical Genetics Organizations (COMGO)

http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/comgo.htm

Genetic Resources on the Web (GROW)

Genetics Awareness Coalition (GAC)

Genome Action Coalition (TGAC)

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB)

http://www.hmhb.org/

International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG)

http://nursing.creighton.edu/isong

National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG )

http://www.nchpeg.org

National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR)

http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/About_NHGRI/Od/Advisory/nachgr.html

Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (SACGT)

http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacgt.htm

Hope this helps...

[ifunes]

Thank you so much for the info.

Irma