Age-Retardation (Life Extension)

• Genetic Enhancement in Sports (Friedmann)
• Genetic Enhancement of Muscle (Sweeney)
• Adding Years to Life: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects (Austad)
• Duration of Life: Is There a Biological Warranty Period? (Olshansky)
• Beyond Therapy: Ageless Bodies?
  

Aging and End-of-Life

• Dementia and Human Personhood
• The Wisdom of Advance Directives
• Aging and Society: Social-Scientific and Humanistic Perspectives (Binstock, Cole)
• Aging, Dementia, and the Person: Clinical, Neurological, and Existential Perspectives on Alzheimer/Dementia (Selkoe, Shenk)
• Aging, Dementia, and the Care-Giver: Family and Institutions (Hall)
• Aging, Dementia, and Society (Council Discussion)
• Aging and Society: A Coming Crisis in Long-Term Care?(Council Discussion)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Reflections on the Burden of Care (Council Discussion)
• Aging and Care-Giving: The Ethics of Therapeutic Interventions in Patients with Advanced Dementia (Council Discussion)
• Aging and Society: Perspectives on Policy (Burt)
  

Beyond Therapy (Enhancement of Human Traits)

• Therapy vs. Enhancement: Preliminary Inquiry
• Genetic Enhancements: Current and Future Prospects (Collins)
• What's Wrong with Enhancement (Sandel)
• Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Human Improvement (Kass)
• Human Nature and Its Future (Pinker)
• Medicalization (Kass, McHugh)
• Beyond Therapy: A Progress Report
• Council’s Report to the President
  
  

• Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "The Birth-mark."
• Meilaender, Gilbert. "In Search of Wisdom: Bioethics and the Character of Human Life."
• Selzer, Richard. "Whither Thou Goest."
• Jonas, Hans. "Philosophical Reflections on Experimenting with Human Subjects."
• Callahan, Daniel. "The Research Imperative ."
• Berkowitz, Peter. "The Meaning of Federal Funding."
• Chimeras and the Boundaries of the Human
• Council's Report to the President (Cole, Cantor, Pellegrino)

• Preliminary Inquiry
• International Models (Comparative [Knowles], Canada [Baird])
• Patentability of Human Organisms (History [Kevles], Policy [Hauda])
• Patentability of Human Organisms (Holtzman, Kimbrell, Rai)
• Patentability of Human Organisms (General Discussion)
• Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) (Emanuel)
• International Models (Germany [Simitis])
• International Models (United Kingdom [Kennedy])
• International Models (United Kingdom [Leather])
• General Discussion
• Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Genomics Era (Schatten)
• Role of the FDA (Legal [Merrill], Institutional [Benson])
• Professional Self-Regulation (ASRM)
• Professional Self-Regulation (Annas)
• Public Panel I (Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics) (Madsen, Mahowald, Brzyski, Hudson, Smith)
• Public Panel II (Embryo and Related Research) (Manganiello, Doerflinger, Singer, Werner, Kimbrell, Kristol)
• U.S. Regulatory Landscape: I (ART, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis)
• U.S. Regulatory Landscape: II (Genetic Engineering, Embryo Research, Commodification)
• Stem Cell Research: Current Law and Policy (States) (Andrews)
• Findings and Identification of Policy Options
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, I
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, II
• Chimeras and the Boundaries of the Human
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, III, IV
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, V
• Draft Recommendations, Revised
• Council’s Report to the President
  

• Current Technology and Practice (Haney)
• Demographics (Eberstadt)
• Ethical Aspects of Sex Control
  

• Human Procreation and Biotechnology
• Ethical Issues in Clonal Reproduction
• Policy Issues and Research Cloning
• Proper Use of Language
• National Academy of Sciences Report (Weissman)
• Ethical Issues in "Reproductive" Cloning
• Ethical Issues in "Reproductive" Cloning
• Ethical Issues in "Research" Cloning
• Ethical Issues in "Research" Cloning
• Ethics of Cloning for Biomedical Research
• Policy Options
• Policy Options
• Council's Report to the President
  

Council's Future Work

• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (Jan 17, 2002)
• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (Jul 11, 2002)
• Discussion of Possible Future Projects (Jul 12, 2002)
• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (Jan 16, 2004)
• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (April 1, 2004)
  
  

Drugs, Children, and Behavior Control

• Prescription Stimulant Use in American Children (Diller)
• Neuropsychopharmacology and Public Policy
• Pediatric Psychopharmacology (Hyman)
  

Memory Boosting/Suppression

• Physiological and Pharmacological Aspects (McGaugh)
• Psychological Aspects (Schacter)
• Better Memories? (Meilaender)
  

• Depression and the Pharmacological Elevation of Mood (Kramer)
• Depression and the Pharmacological Elevation of Mood (Elliott)

Neuroethics

• Neuroscience, Neuropsychiatry, and Neuroethics: An Overview (Michels)
• Neuroscience and Neuroethics: Reward and Decision (Cohen)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior I: Brain Development in Children (Jessell)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior II: Emotional and Cognitive Development in Children (Kagan, Spelke)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior III: Council Discussion
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior IV: Brain Imaging (Case Study)
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• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior V: Deep Brain Stimulation (Cosgrove)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior VI: Neuroscience and the Law (Morse)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior VII: Understanding Aggressive Behavior Through Neuroscience (Coccaro)
  
  
  

Organ Transplantation

• Selzer, Richard. "Whither Thou Goest."
• Procuring Organs for Transplantation: Ethical Considerations.

• Patentability of Human Organisms (History [Kevles], Policy [Hauda])
• Patentability of Human Organisms (Holtzman, Kimbrell, Rai)
• Patentability of Human Organisms (General Discussion)
• Procuring Organs for Transplantation: Ethical Considerations
• Biotechnology and Public Policy: Proposed Interim Recommendations, V

Research Ethics

• Jonas, Hans. "Philosophical Reflections on Experimenting with Human Subjects."
• Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) (Emanuel)
• Is Research a Moral Obligation? (Callahan)

Stem Cells

• Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Gearhart)
• Adult Stem Cell Research (Verfaillie)
• Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Outka)
• NIH Funding of Stem Cell Research (Baldwin)
• Early Embryonic Development: An Up-to-Date Account (Opitz)
• Overcoming Immune Rejection (Itescu)
• Is Research a Moral Obligation? (Callahan)
• Current Ethical Literature (Lauritzen)
• Recent Scientific Developments (Gearhart, Jaenisch, Prentice)
• Current Law and Policy (States) (Andrews)
• Berkowitz, Peter. "The Meaning of Federal Funding."
• Administration Funding Policy: Moral and Political Foundations
• Role of NIH and FDA (Zerhouni, McClellan)
• Role of Nongovernmental Activity (Okarma, Palmer, Pursley, Goldstein)
• Recent Developments (Ethics and Science)
• Council's Report to the President

• Howard, Doerflinger, Brittin, Tipton, Saunders (Jan 02)
• Brooks (Feb 02)
• Woltering, Doerflinger, Poland (Apr 02)
• Tibbits, Boughman, Singer, Doerflinger (July 02)
• Poland, Sullivan (Dec 02)
• Hubert, Doerflinger (Jan 03)
• Doerflinger (March 03)
• Kramer, Hunt, Trenti (June 03)
• Hoffman, Tipton, Queenan, Moore (July 03)
• Sperling (Oct 03)
• Madsen, Tipton, Poland, Kramer (Jan 04)
• Madsen, Kramer (April 04)
• Doerflinger (April 04)
• Wheeler (June 04)
• Poland (Sept 04)