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Education Development Center, Inc.Development TeamMildred Z. Solomon, Vice President, and Director of the Center forApplied Ethics; Associate Clinical Professor of Medical Ethics,Departments of Anaesthesia and Global Health and SocialMedicine, Harvard Medical SchoolJacqueline S. Miller, Senior Research Scientist,Center for Science EducationKatherine F. Paget, Senior Research Scientist,Center for Science EducationErica Jablonski, Research Associate, Center for Science EducationJean Doherty, Project Coordinator, Center for Applied EthicsProduction TeamKerry S. Ouellet, Center for Science Education—Editing,Production ManagementKim Elliott, www.thewordmechanic.com—EditingJessica Grant, Graphic Design Specialist—Print Design and LayoutNeptune Web—Web Site DevelopmentWriting TeamIntroduction: Mildred Z. Solomon; Jeanne Ting Chowning,Director of Education, Northwest Association for BiomedicalResearch, Seattle; Elizabeth Crane, Science Teacher, BrooklineHigh School, Brookline, MA; Laura Bishop, Research Associate,Library and Information Services, Kennedy Institute of Ethics,Georgetown University, Washington, DCModule 1: Jeanne Ting Chowning and Mildred Z. SolomonModule 2: Jeanne Ting ChowningModule 3: Rupali Gandhi, Medical Ethics Fellow, Harvard MedicalSchool, and Fellow in Cardiology, Boston’s Children’s Hospital;Matthew B. Frank, Medical Ethics Fellow, Harvard Medical School,Boston; Elizabeth Crane; Julie Tannenbaum, former Fellow,Department of Bioethics at the NIH Clinical Center, andcurrent Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Pomona College,Claremont, CA; and Kim ElliottModule 4: Elizabeth CraneModule 5: Jeanne Ting ChowningModule 6: Robin Solomon, former Clinical Ethics Fellow,St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix; JulieTannenbaum; and Laura BishopNational Institutes of HealthBruce Fuchs, Director, Office of Science EducationDavid Vannier, Program Officer, OSEBarbara Houtz, Educational Consultant, OSECindy Allen, Editor, OSEEzekiel Emanuel, Director, Department of Bioethics at theNIH Clinical CenterKatherine Adikes, Fellow, Department of BioethicsCarrie Thiessen, Fellow, Department of BioethicsJulie Tannenbaum, former Fellow, Department of Bioethics atthe NIH Clinical Center, and current Assistant Professor ofPhilosophy, Pomona College, Claremont, CAAlan Hoofring—Cover Illustration, Medical Arts andPhotography Branch, NIHLynne Komai—Cover Design, MAPBField-Test TeachersPatrick Alarcon, The Academy of Information Technologyand Engineering, Stamford, CTLeslie Van Blaha, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MDRoger Blevins, Huron High School, Huron, OHJack Boroditsky, St. John’s–Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDwight Brown, Bountiful High School, Bountiful, UTHeidi Busa, Marcellus High School, Marcellus, NYCatherine Elwood, Central High School, Manchester, NHRick Featherstone, Oakland Schools Technical Campus NW, Clarkston, MIBarbara Frasco, Haddon Township High School, Westmont, NJKelly Gallo, Magruder High School, Rockville, MDTracy Gaskin, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, MDCynthia Gibson, The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs, COMary Glodowski, Juanita High School, Kirkland, WAKenneth Gracz, T. Wingate Andrews High School, High Point, NCRobin Greig, West Ashley High School, Charleston, SCMary Halsall, Mariemont High School, Cincinnati, OHSteven Harshfield, Sequoyah High School, Claremore, OKKathleen Howard, Horace Mann School, Riverdale, NYJoyce Kent, New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NYSue Kite, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MDMary Kroll, West Islip High School, West Islip, NYLaura Lanwermeyer, Moscow High School, Moscow, IDNicole Lener, McGraw Central School, McGraw, NYLaura Montgomery, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, MOLisa Moran, Mount Sinai High School, Mt. Sinai, NYMary Ann Murrow, Spring-Ford Senior High School, Royersford, PABirgit Musheno, Desert Vista High School, Phoenix, AZSusan Neumann, Model Lab School, Richmond, KYLaura Reysz, Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, INJamie Ritchey, East Central Senior High School, Tulsa, OKNancy Rozak, Plymouth North High School, Plymouth, MARachel Sanders, Springfield South High School, Springfield, OHMisty Scevola, Meek Professional Technical High School, Portland, OREdward Scovell, Friends Seminary, New York, NYMary Simmons, Wm. J. Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, COTiffany Smith, Cedar Grove High School, Ellenwood, GAVicky Sweezy, Prospect Mountain High School, Alton, NHBonnie Walter, Archbishop Alter High School, Kettering, OHPatricia Zeck, Northwestern High School, Kokomo, INKaren Zohar, Aspen High School, Aspen, COCover: Representation of green fluorescent protein (GFP), found naturallyin some jellyfish, and photograph of Alba, the fluorescent rabbit, intowhich scientists inserted the GFP gene. GFP, NIH Medical Arts; Alba,courtesy Eduardo Kac.Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Margaret Battin, Nancy King,Eric Parens, Ben Wilfond, and Matthew Wynia, leaders in bioethics whokindly reviewed early drafts of this material, providing invaluable insights.During the development of the field-test version, we also benefited fromreviews by scientists, teachers, and others. Specifically, we would liketo thank Elise Cooksley, Doug Diekema, Mary Glodowski, Lori Harper,Wendy Law, Laurie Matthews, Bryan Roberts, and Lola Szobota.NIH Publication Number 09-7386ISBN: 978-0-89292-550-6Please contact the NIH Office of Science Educationwith questions about this supplement atsupplements@science.education.nih.gov.