What we do
The Biomedical Ethics Research Group (BERG) was established in mid 2002 to study and research into ‎the ethical considerations of biomedical issues in Islamic Republic of Iran. ‎
A group of highly motivated professionals and research experts have gathered together in an ambitious ‎atmosphere in order to explore the local law civil act and Shia jurisprudence for special considerations ‎and the professional opinion in each field with regard to newly emerged concerns about the progress of ‎biotechnology and the problems it may pose. ‎

Affiliation ‎
The Biomedical Ethics Research Group is committed to establish a center for researchers and ‎investigators in genetics, biology, health and the allied fields to find the colleagues and the set of ‎facilities and affiliates to team up with in the endeavor for clarifying the concept of bioethics and its ‎proponents' and opponents' viewpoints.‎
The Biomedical Ethics Research Group is sponsored by Research Center for Gastroenterology and ‎Liver Disease, an active affiliate of Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. BERG receives ‎financial support from the university, and has managed to win about ten national grants for research on ‎Bioethics.‎

Who we are
BERG interacts with national and international partners, through grants, contributions, and other types of ‎collaboration, to explore international law and the opinion of other religions and cultures in Biomedical ‎Ethical issues. It also strives to translate these ideas into subjective and documented considerations ‎regarding their analogues in Iranian resources.‎

BERG tries to cooperate with several statutory and non-statutory organizations, the voluntary and ‎academic bodies and the private sector involved in the Biomedical Ethical issues -at national, regional ‎and global levels. It also intends to greatly endeavor to: ‎
‎•‎ Provide guidance to determine the ethical approaches in the considerations proposed
‎•‎ Defining major ethics-related challenges in biotechnology and medicine.‎
‎•‎ Assemble the experience and knowledge of those working in the field.‎
‎•‎ Provide evidence-based and consensus-derived knowledge about ethics.‎
‎•‎ Furnish legislative bodies with the above-mentioned information.‎
‎•‎ Provide resources and considerable links for those working in the field. ‎