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• National Human Genome Research Institute: ELSI Research Program - The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program funds and manages studies related to the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic and genomic research, and supports workshops, research consortia, and policy conferences related to these topics.
• Agrifood Awareness Australia - Industry initiative, established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate about, gene technology.
• Australian Gene Ethics Network - Non-profit federation of groups and individuals in Australia promoting critical discussion and debate on the environmental, social and ethical impacts of genetic engineering technologies.
• Center for Genetics and Society - A pro-choice organization working for sensible policies on genetic engineering technology. Excellent resources and links.
• Centre for Law & Genetics - Resources on the Commercialisation of Genetics and its legal consequences.
• Council For Responsible Genetics - Advocacy and coalition building form the core of the CRG's work in our program areas of genetic discrimination, patenting of life forms, and food safety and environmental quality.
• Counterbalance.org: Genetics and Ethics - A Christian site that attempts to address the ethical, religious, and moral issues raised by a broad range of applications of genetics research.
• ELSI - Human Genome Project - Primarily a collection of links to sites exploring the ELSI.
• Embracing Change with All Four Arms - This paper sets out to defend human genetic engineering with a new bioethical approach, post-humanism.
• Eubios Ethics Institute - A non-profit group founded by Darryl Macer in Christchurch, New Zealand and in Tsukuba Science City, Japan. Site provides links, general information and conference abstracts.
• Eugenics, Genetic Engineering, and Cloning - Considerations and arguments on several scientific procedures that possibly could improve human life.
• GMO Compass - Informs about the benefits and risks of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The site aims to make an essential contribution to the general GMO debate within the whole European Union.
• Genetic Engineering - Paradise on Earth or a Descent into Hell? - By Keith Parkins. Long article, with a huge list of references at the end.
• HumGen - Human Genetics - University of Montreal - CRDP. Access to a wide range of information: credible, relevant policy statements on topics related to human genetics around the world.
• Human Genome Project: Ethical, Legal, & Social Issues - Explores the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) surrounding availability of genetic information, as it pertains to privacy and the potential for discrimination.
• National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics - Compilation of links, journals and other publications that offer research about the ethical and moral aspects of applying genetic knowledge to humans.
• National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature - A specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics. The library holdings represent the world's largest collection related to ethical issues in medicine and biomedical research. This collection functions both as a reference library for the public and as an in depth research resource for scholars from the U.S. and abroad.
• San Francisco State University: Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers - Essays, links to resources and a bibliography compiled by Dr Ron Epstein at the Philosophy Department. Categories include ethical and religious questions, biowarfare, and genetic engineering on humans.
• Who Owns the Human Genetic Code? An Annotated Bibliography - Article on whether or not the United States Patent Office should issue patents on gene sequences.
• Would You Have Allowed Bill Gates to be Born? - Bioethicist Arthur Caplan supposes Bill has Asperger's syndrome, and comments on the perils of prenatal genetic testing that involves not life and death but attributes such as personality and sociability, genius and geekiness.

Random Indian Recipes:-

• Kadboli
  In a pan heat butter and add rice flour,maida,Sesame seeds,red chilly powder and salt. Mix well and knead dough using hot water. Cover the dough and keep aside for 40 min. After 40 min knead again and make small balls out of dough. Now make into rope and give kadboli shape. Heat oil in a kadai and fry kadbolis on low flame till dark brown. Allow to cool and store in air-tight container.
  
  
• Apple Kheer
  In a cup of warm milk mix the cornflour finely. In a another pan take milk,cornflour milk and sugar. Allow to boil on low flame for 20 min. Peel and grate the apples. Add immediately into boiling milk. Allow to cook for 4-5 min on low flame. Lastly add elaichi powder. Remove from heat. Garnish with kaju badam pista pieces. Apple kheer is ready to serve.
  
  
• Undhiyo
  Mix all above muthia ingredients in a bowl and knead dough without using water. Make small balls and deep fry in oil till golden and keep aside. Make pieces of all vegetables. Mix all masala ingredient and apply to chopped vegetables. In a cooker heat one bowl oil and fry whole red chilly.ajwain and hing. Now pour all vegetables in tadka and fry again for 2-3 min. Add 1-2 cup of water and cover the cooker. Allow to cook on low flame for 30-40 min. Allow cooker to cool. Now add fried muthias and mix well. Undhiyo is ready.
  
  
• Aluchi Bhaji
  Soak the peanuts for an hour and cook in a pressure cooker. Clean the alu (colocassia leaves) well and shred them finely. Heat oil in a pan and add crushed garlic cloves. Allow to turn brown on low flame and add asafoetida. Now add shreded leaves and finely chopped green chilly. Saute finely on mid flame and add cooked peanuts.
  
  
• Shahi Navaratan kurma
  Boil all vegetables in a cooker. Heat oil in a pan and fry onions till golden brown. Now add ginger-garlic paste and fry till oil seperates. Add turmeric powder,chilli powder,coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt. Fry for 2-3 minutes. Now add tomato puree and Stir well and cook the mixture for 2-3 minutes. Add dry fruits. Add milk and Bring it to boil. Reduce the heat and cook until the gravy becomes thick. Add paneer and stir ...
  
  
• Potato Burfi
  Boil potato and mash finely. Grate coconut. In a thick bottom pan mix mashed potato,coconut and sugar. Allow to cook on a low flame (appx. 45-50 min). When the mixture bacame thick remove from the gas. Add elaichi powder and mix well. Pour the mixture on greased platform. Roll out the mixture with roll pin to make 1 cm thick. Cut the pieces as shape as you want. Allow to cool.
  
  
• Baingan ka Bharta
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place eggplant in pan, cover with foil. Roast until eggplant is soft. After eggplant cools, peel and chop coarsely. Chop onion, green chilly and coriander leaves. In a big bowl mix all ingredients and serve immediately.
  
  
• Phodnicha Bhat
  Chop onion,green chilly and coriander leaves finely. In a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it starts to splutter add finely chopped green chilly and kadipatta. Now add finely chopped onion and fry for 2-3 min till transperent. Add asafoetida and turmeric powder. Now add cooked rice with salt. Mix finely and...
  
  
• Medu Vada
  Soak urd dal in water for at least 5 hours and grind it without water. Add salt,black pepper powder and beat well to make it light and fluffy. Add chopped coriander leaves,curry leaves and green chilly pieces. Heat oil and Shape the daal mixture into flat rounds and make a hole in the center. Add little rice flour if shape is not forming. Fry first over high heat and then over lower heat till golden brown. Remove the vada out of oil and drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot with green chutney or sambar.
  
  
• Kheema
  First cook kheema in pressure cooker with little water. Make onion paste and chop tomato and coriander leaves. In kadai heat oil and fry onion paste for 2 min. Then add ginger garlic paste and fry for some time. Now add chopped tomato and again fry for 2 min. Add red chilly powder, ...