The Nuffield Council on Bioethics today (4 August) publishes a series of discussions on the statutory time limit for maintaining human embryos in culture.

The Council has submitted a response to the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) consultation on the Futures of Health. In its response, the Council highlights six areas of research that are likely to impact on the state of health and the provision of healthcare in England both now and in the future. 1. Fertility […]

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, […]