News and blogs

Find all our news stories and explore our blog for expert ethical commentary on developments in health and biomedicine.

Priority areas

Projects

Topics

Type

Year

Blog

28th November 2018

What He said

I arrived in Hong Kong on Monday lunchtime for the second ‘international summit’ on genome editing a…

Genomics
News

26th November 2018

Nuffield Council statement on reports of gene-edited babies born in China

Today, the media has reported that gene-edited babies have been born in China. If these reports are …

Genomics
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

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

20th April 2018

Converging on genomics: a few thoughts on the Science and Technology Committee report

Convergence is a word that has featured prominently in discussions around science and innovation in …

Biological and health dataGenomics