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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
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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
News

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
Blog

13th July 2018

Frankenstein: the monster’s shadow

This summer I have attended, and spoke at, two interestingly related events. The first was an academ…
Blog

11th July 2018

The Science and Technology Committee brings renewed attention to the integrity of UK research

We have been eagerly awaiting the Science and Technology Committee’s report on research integrity …

Infrastructure and culture
News

9th July 2018

Disagreements in the care of critically ill children: challenges for policy in changing social and medical contexts

Over the next few months we will be carrying out a short project on the disagreements that can arise…

Child and infant health
Blog

21st June 2018

Ebola and ‘other’ infectious diseases: read all about it?

‘New Ebola outbreak declared in DRC’; ‘Universal influenza vaccine trial begins’; ‘African…

Global health
News

20th June 2018

Call for evidence on conducting ethical research in global health emergencies

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has launched a call for evidence to inform its inquiry on the ethi…

Global health