EU project focuses on research ethics

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University of Bonn is conducting a pilot project with international partners. Funding in the amount of 4.5 million euros

Dirk Lanzerath - from the German Reference Center for Ethics in the Life Science
Dirk Lanzerath - from the German Reference Center for Ethics in the Life Sciences at the University of Bonn coordinates the collaborative project irecs. © Photo: Christine Siefer .

From the CRISPR Cas9 gene scissors to artificial intelligence and reprogrammed cells: New technologies are always associated with ethical questions for research and application, to which there are no easy answers. irecs, the new collaborative project on, aims to strengthen principles of research ethics in as many disciplines as possible. Under the leadership of the University of Bonn, 17 partner organizations from Germany and abroad have joined forces to drive the project forward. ...

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