A new briefing note on global health inequalities has been published by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). The note was researched by Stephen Barrie during a Fellowship supported by the Council. The Fellowship, which has been running for three years, has the aim of promoting informed debate of issues relating to bioethics […]

The US National Academies of Sciences (NAS) and National Academy of Medicine (NAM) have today released the new report Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance. The report provides an overview of current capabilities in the rapidly developing field of human genome editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine, and the clinical, […]

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has published a research integrity briefing note for Parliamentarians, which considers current approaches to promoting the behaviours and values that result in high quality, ethical and valuable research. The POSTnote covers current approaches to promoting integrity in research, assessment and the role of peer review, and identifies the […]

The Council’s Working Party on cosmetic procedures is now in the final stages of its evidence gathering process. Over the past year, the Working Party has met with a range of organisations and individuals with expertise in cosmetic procedures and related issues, including on Regulatory and governance perspectives Consumer perspectives Visual culture and social media […]

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has permitted in principle the use of two different techniques – maternal spindle transfer (MST) and pronuclear transfer (PNT) – in clinics to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA disorders. Clinics wishing to offer these procedures will now be able to apply to the HFEA for permission to […]