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22nd November 2018

Busting the myths around opt-out organ donation

Since the Prime Minister’s announcement in October 2017 that England would move to an opt-out syst…

Organ donation and transplantation
News

20th November 2018

Risking the unknown in hope of a cure: The ethics of patient access to experimental treatments

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has today published a new briefing note highlighting the ethical i…

Child and infant healthInfrastructure and culture
News

16th November 2018

NIPT – review of activities since publication

In March 2017, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a report, Non-invasive prenatal testing: …

PregnancyScreening
Blog

16th October 2018

Data mine-ing

According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau ‘the first person who, having fenced in a piece of land, bethou…

Biological and health data
Blog

9th October 2018

Unpacking the ethics of food sustainability: health, harmony and beyond

The Nuffield Council of Bioethics runs a number of events and activities as part of a horizon-scanni…

Food and agriculture
News

18th September 2018

Council comment on call for ban on using NIPT for sex determination

Prompted by an investigation by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show, the Labour Party has called fo…

Reproduction, parenthood & familiesPregnancyScreening
Blog

13th September 2018

40 years of IVF: three key challenges for the future of reproductive medicine

A debate takes place in the House of Lords today recognising 2018 as the 40th anniversary of the bir…

Reproduction, parenthood & familiesGenomicsAssisted reproductionEmbryo and stem cell research
News

4th September 2018

Cosmetic procedures: one year on

It has been just over a year since we published our in-depth report Cosmetic procedures: ethical iss…

Cosmetic procedures
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15th August 2018

Superdrug to offer in-store Botox and filler treatments

Superdrug has announced it will offer in-store Botox and dermal fillers to customers over the age of…

Cosmetic procedures
News

6th August 2018

Response to Government’s plans for an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation

The Government has announced plans to move to an ‘opt-out’ system of consent for organ and tiss…

Organ donation and transplantation
Blog

3rd August 2018

Love Island and cosmetic surgery ads: time to decouple?

During commercial breaks for the World Cup, viewers expect to see adverts for football boots. During…

Cosmetic procedures
News

17th July 2018

Heritable genome editing: action needed to secure responsible way forward

An independent inquiry by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has concluded that editing the DNA of a …

Reproduction, parenthood & familiesGenomicsAssisted reproduction