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We are currently advertising for a new Director, following the announcement that our current Director, Hugh Whittall, will be retiring in the spring after leading the Council for 13 years.

Today, the UK Government has announced that they will work with partners to develop a COVID-19 human challenge study model. This will include the manufacture of the challenge virus and will be the first-in-human characterisation study for COVID-19.

Today the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published a briefing on the key questions for the next phase of the UK’s response to COVID-19.

Early September saw the publication of the latest contribution to the global discussion of heritable human genome editing.

A lack of clear, accessible, and transparent data creates a series of ethical issues for egg freezing, according to a new briefing note from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

Back in March discussion started as to whether it would be appropriate to consider challenge trials to speed up vaccine development during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the most distressing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic for me has been the treatment of older people living in care homes – and the uncomfortable spotlight cast on the way their fundamental needs and interests are often overlooked.

A new survey about body image has been published from the Women and Equalities Committee, as part of their ‘Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image.’

The Consensus Study Report of the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing convened by the US National Academies of Medicine and Sciences and the UK’s Royal Society was published on 3 September.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of James Partridge OBE, founder of Changing Faces and campaigner for facial equality.

Over a series of meetings in autumn 2019, we explored the ethical challenges involved in providing care and treatment for young people in relation to their gender identity. A summary of what we heard is now available.