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Bioethics and Genetics (BEGE)

Example videos (Read the course description below):

BEGE16, Prof. Darryl Macer, Bioethics, Genetics, Mutation & Disease  (CCIB 3.1) https://youtu.be/sU2iXNEh8DQ

BEGE17, Prof. Darryl Macer, Genetics Testing and Bioethics (CCIB 3.4) https://youtu.be/crzNrS7Lb4s

BEGE18, Prof. Darryl Macer, Genetic Privacy (CCIB 3.5) https://youtu.be/WeevvT_ucHg

BEGE19, Prof. Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Informed consent features for human genomic research – A Malaysian case study

https://youtu.be/HJgLSfMm8Fk

BEGE24, Prof. Latifah Amin, Bioethics: Bridge to the Future of Modern biotechnology (ABC19) https://youtu.be/5okkYdtF61w

BEGE26, Prof. Nilza Maria Diniz, Reflections on Gene Editing and Transhumanism https://youtu.be/xV1nmYx_MSo

BEGE20, Prof. Nilza Maria Diniz, Bioethics and Ethics of Embryo Editing through CRISPR  https://youtu.be/1aVCyhdgqWw 

BEGE21, Prof. Latifah Amin, Measuring Public Reasoning about Biotechnology https://youtu.be/mvOf_qb_Ez8

BEGE22, Prof. Bang-Ook Jun, Ethics of Human Gene-Editing https://youtu.be/aJBBS5k62js

BEGE23, Prof. Miyako Okada-Takagi, Gene Doping and Genome Editing https://youtu.be/doS6QzyK_WI

BEGE25, Prof. Bang-ook Jun, Burning the bridges between Neuroethics and Bioethics? (ABC19) https://youtu.be/XyDmGK6KN0s

BEGE27, Prof. Tamar Gidron, Ethics of Genetic Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyK2JXJJ1Cc

BEGE28, Prof. Darryl Macer, Will Human Genetic Modification in the Market Age Proceed by Competition or Consensus?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob717OT4g70

BEGE29, Prof. Darryl Macer, Exploring the Smithsonian Holocaust Museum, Washington DC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e9IgzmpPDk

BEGE30, Prof. Bang-Ook Jun, CRISPR babies and the regulation of human germline editing. https://youtu.be/RBopYC40oeU

This is one example of a course at one of our member institutions: American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN). Enrolled Students of AUSN receive the AUSN Video lecture Archive and Attendance Sheet to record which videos they have watched.

AUSN as an intellectual forum for intercultural dialogue upholds the value of academic freedom for all professors and students, and the views expressed in the videos are not those of AUSN.

The above videos are a selection of the total video archive of AUSN that supplements the contact hours provided by in-person lectures, group skype sessions, and other supervised contact at AUSN.

Anyone can request to try out a live AUSN class for free by writing to Dr. Darryl Macer, Provost, AUSN; Email: provost@ausn.info

For countries that do not have youtube access, a original file can be shared with enrolled AUSN students.

Competencies:

1.Recognize the genetic causes of social and behavioral factors that affect health of individuals and populations.

2. Explain how genetics and genomics affect disease processes and public health policy and practice.

3. Identify the principles and limitations of public health screening programs, including the evaluation of validity and reliability of screening tests.

4. Describe epidemiologic study designs and assess their strengths and limitations.

5. Examine racial and ethnic disparities within the context of historic and contemporary social and economic climates.

6. Access relevant ethics literature, policies, guidelines, and standards.

7. Understand the basics of Genetics 

Course Objectives: This course aims to introduce the basics of genetics and reproduction and discuss the ethical, legal and social (ELSI) issues. To consider the balance between the roles of national and international genetics societies such as the International Human Genome Organization in regulation of genetic technology, individuals and populations. 

Course Purpose: This course considers the ethical, legal and regulatory issues that underlie clinical and population genetics such as basic genetics and molecular biology, DNA science, genomics and proteomics. 

Topics that are covered:

1.  Genetics, DNA and Mutation

2.  Testing for Cancer Genes Susceptibility

3.  Genetic Privacy and Information

4. Genetic Privacy and US Laws

5. Public Health Ethics for Professionals; International Genetic Guidelines

6. Screening genetic diseases among the population

7. Eugenics

8. Genetically engineered plants and animals

9. Ethics of Genetic Engineering

10. Genetically modified foods

11. Legal, regulatory, scientific, policy and ethical aspects of biotechnology

12. The Human Genome Project

13. Gene therapy

14. Eugenics in Depth

15. Population Genetics - HGDP Ethics, indigenous populations and genetic histories

16. Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disease

17. Cloning and stem cell research

18. Assisted reproductive technologies

19. Sex selection

20. Designer children 

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