About the Editors: Dr. phil. Dr. rer. publ. Brigitte E.S. Jansen, Visiting Professor University of Madras (India), studied Educational Science, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology at the Universities of Bielefeld and Lüneburg, Germany. She is doctor of philosophy and doctor rerum publicarum (public administration). She is EU-expert in the evaluation of project proposals since 1999. Chairperson in several Congresses in Asia. Several publications in bioethics/biolaw. Dr.jur. habil. Jürgen W. Simon studied in Tübingen, Freiburg and München; First and Second State Examen in Law at the University of München; Master of Business Administration at the University of München 1973. Doctor in Law 1978, habilitated in Hannover 1988 in Civil Law, Economic Law and Law of Informatics. Head of the Institute of Law at the University Lüneburg since 1989; member of the Advisory Committee of the Biological Federal Association, Braunschweig. He received 1998 the B.A.U.M. Environmental Award. Organizer, chairman or director of numerous national and international Congresses etc. in Germany, Europe, Asia and America. He has published a lot of books and articles in Law and Ethics of Biotechnology.