"Among the most urgent of the Council's intellectual tasks is the need to provide an adequate moral and ethical lens through which to view particular developments in their proper scope and depth."

Dr. Kass served as chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2001-2005.

"To advance human good and avoid harm, biotechnology must be used within ethical constraints. It is the task of bioethics to help society develop those constraints and bioethics, therefore, must be of concern to all of us."

Dr. Pellegrino served as chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2005-2009.

We invite you to read our reports on ethical issues that arise from advances in biotechnology and biomedical sciences. Such issues include: determination of death, human cloning, human dignity and bioethics, newborn screening, stem cell research, alternative sources of stem cells, end-of-life care, the regulation of assisted reproduction, and the uses of biotechnology that go "beyond therapy."

• Age-Retardation (Life Extension)
• Aging and End-of-Life
• Beyond Therapy (Enhancement)
• Biotechnology and Public Policy
• Bioethics Commissions
• Bioethics in Literature
• Cloning
• Children
• Council's Future Work
• Death
• Drugs, Children, & Behavior Control
• Genetics
• Health Care
• Human Dignity
• Memory Boosting/Suppression
• Mood Control
• Nanotechnology
• Neuroethics
• Newborn Screening
• Organ Transplantation
• Professions
• Property in the Body
• Research Ethics
• Sex Selection
• Stem Cells