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The DRZE is a national documentation and information centre for the entire field of ethics in the biomedical sciences in Germany. It has the task of:
- to scientifically elaborate the normative foundations of qualified judgement formation and to make them available in various formats;
- to prepare and make available information from a wide variety of fields on the current bioethical discussion in science, society and politics;
- to promote scientific networking and thus advance the German, European and international discourse.
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In Focus
The short information In Focus enables interested non-specialists in particular to get a quick overview of the debate on a current bioethical topic.
Animal Experiments in Research
Organ Transplantation
Expert Reports
The aim of the series "Ethics in the Life Sciences - Expert Reports of the DRZE" is to prepare ethical problem areas from the field of the life sciences in a scientifically sound manner for interdisciplinary and societal discourse by comprehensively presenting the respective state of research and discussion.
Demenz ("Dementia")
Sebastian Knell / Dietmar Thal / Volker Lipp
Neuroenhancement
Jan-Hendrik Heinrichs / Markus Rüther / Mandy Stake / Julia Ihde
News
Here you will find news on current topics, projects and events of the DRZE.
Dirk Lanzerath elected Vice-Chairman of the Central Ethics Committee at the German Medical Association (ZEKO)
The members of ZEKO elected Prof. Dr. Dirk Lanzerath as Vice-Chairman for the upcoming 10th term (2023-2025) at their constituent meeting on March 9, 2023. The new chairperson is the hematologist/oncologist Prof. Dr. Eva Winkler.
Talk by Dirk Lanzerath
"Patient-Oriented Data Use"
Bioethics Forum of the German Ethics Council on 22 March 2023 in Berlin
Kick-off PRACC
Start of a new DRZE project on climate ethics.
Kick-off irecs
Start of a new DRZE project on research ethics.
New employee
We warmly welcome Sandra Fömpe to the DRZE.