Research Projects

The IWE carries out – either on its own or in cooperation with other German, European and non-European partners – various research projects in the fields of the Ethics of Biomedicine and Science.

• Stem Cell Network
  Coordination of the Working Group on Ethical, Legal and Sociological Issues in the Stem Cell Network North Rhine Westphalia
  
  
• Research Consortium Person and Dementia
  Coordination of the interdisciplinary research network, devoted to a comprehensive assessment of the human person in dementia
  
  

• Norm-Setting in the Modern Life Sciences
  
  
• EULABOR 
  Latin American and European Systems of Ethics Regulation of Biomedical Research: Comparative analysis of their pertinence and application for human subjects protection
  
  
• Life extension and deceleration of human aging
  Individual estimate, social impact, ethical analysis and normative judgement
  
  
• Molecular medicine and brain research
  The ethical profile of molecular approaches in medicine and their application to the human brain
  
  
• CONSERT
  Concerted Safety and Efficiency Evaluation of Retroviral Transgenesis for Gene Therapy of Inherited Diseases
  
  
• Local Ethics Committees
  Provision of Support for Producing a European Directory of Local Ethics Committees
  
  
• New Methods of Treatment
  Ethical Analysis and Evaluation of New Methods of Treatment - Foundation and Curriculum of an Accompanying Research Ethics
  
  
• Genetic testing
  
  
• Ethical norms regarding a life-extension facilitated by medicine 
  (Within the scope of the research group forms of aging and aging fates)
  
  
• Should the Application of Predictive Genetic Tests be Tied to Health Purposes?
  Medical, Ethical and Legal Aspects for a Responsible Use of Predictive Genetic Test
  
  
• Limiting Access to Medical Treatment in an Age of Medical Progress
  
  
• Priorities and Resource Allocation in Health Care
  A Comparative Study of Some European Countries
  
  
• Cloning of Animals
  Criteria for an Ethical Judgement Formation
  
  
• Environmental Standards
  Combined Expositions and Their Impact on Humans
  
  
• Anthropological, Ethical and Legal Aspects in the Handling of Human Germ Cells and Germ Line Cells
  
  
• Genesis and Transformation of Genetic Knowledge
  (Part of the Research Group "Formats of Knowledge: Information – Cognition – Representation")
  
  
• Xenotransplantation of Cells, Tissues and Organs
  Scientific Developments, Ethical Implications and Social Relevance
  
  
• Genetic Constitution and Protection of Personhood
  
  
• Genetic Constitution - Disease - Disability:
  The Ethical Relevance of the Concept of Disease and Disability in Medical Applications of Human Genetics
  
  
• Genetic Applications in the Non-Human Sphere
  
  
• The Moral and Legal Issues Surrounding the Treatment and Health Care of Patients in Persistent Vegetative State
  
  
• Ethical Problems of a long-term global energy supply
  
  
• European project on delimiting the research concept and research activities
  
  
• The Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research and Therapy in Europe 
  
  
• Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with no Growth Hormone Deficiency
  Therapy - Enhancement - Futile Care
  
  
• Cloning Techniques Applied to Human Beings.
  An Assessment of the Ethical and Legal Criteria with Respect to New Developments in Cloning Techniques and Stem Cell Research
  
  
• Selection Based on Genetic Diagnosis?
  The Medical, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Prefertilisation and Preimplantation Diagnosis