The questions of the essence, status and functions of bioethics, its genesis and historical evolution are considered. Interdisciplinary strategies and priorities of bioethics are identified. Moral, ethical, organizational and ethical aspects of life and death, transplantology, psychiatric care, the use of new genetic engineering technologies, manipulation of stem cells, human cloning, regulation of biosafety and biomedical research involving humans and animals are analyzed. For students, undergraduates, graduate students , teachers of medical, biological and other specialties of higher educational institutions, as well as all those who are interested in the problems of bioethics and the ethics of modern scientific research.