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28th February 2018

New research on appearance-based bullying in young people highlights the need for action

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics welcomes the Be Real Campaign’s ‘In Your Face’ report, publi…

Cosmetic procedures
Blog

26th February 2018

Doping at the Winter Olympics

Once upon a time, a bobsleigh pilot, a curler, an ice hockey player, and a speed skater travelled to…
News

23rd February 2018

Nuffield Council on Bioethics raises concern over the lack of evidence to support Government’s planned move to opt-out organ donation

Today, Parliament will debate the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill, which proposes to move to an…

Organ donation and transplantation
News

9th February 2018

Nuffield Council on Bioethics welcomes Church of England’s call to value people with Down’s syndrome

We welcome the Church of England’s motion on valuing people with Down’s Syndrome in light of the…

PregnancyScreening
Blog

26th January 2018

Data farrago

Very quietly, last month, NHS Digital, the national authority that governs information relating to h…

Biological and health data
Blog

26th January 2018

Anticipating and responding to bioethics debates

Last week, we published our first bioethics briefing note on The search for a treatment for ageing, …

Ageing
News

25th January 2018

Council announces membership of research in global health emergencies working group

The Council has established a new working group to examine how research may be conducted ethically i…

Global health
News

10th January 2018

Who wants to live forever? Research on treatments for ageing is examined in a new Council briefing note

Research on the biological processes of ageing is aiming to identify interventions that might delay …

Ageing