News and blogs

From the outset of our in-depth inquiry on the future of ageing we have tried to engage with diverse groups of older adults to inform our report and recommendations. Our researcher Molly Gray reports back from one of our creative workshops held with the Greater Manchester Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GM GOLD) team.

Our Council Member Selena Stellman reflects on the pressing ethical considerations regarding changes to US laws governing access to abortion.

Find out what happened when we were given the opportunity to host a focus group at the West Bromwich African Caribbean Resource Centre, to hear directly from its members.

The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill will amend regulatory requirements for the development and marketing of precision bred plants and animals in England, paving the way for the introduction of genome editing into our food and farming system.

We are delighted to announce the start of a new deliberative public dialogue exploring views on the future of ageing.

The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill will be introduced to Parliament today.

We have published ethics tools to help decision-makers develop a proportionate response to public health threats.

Together with BBSRC-UKRI and Sciencewise, we are delighted to announce a new public dialogue on genome editing in farmed animals.

Concerns over the effectiveness, safety and quality of technologies such as smartphone apps for people who need mental health support have been raised by the UK’s independent ethics body, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

The Australian Senate have passed a Bill, known as ‘Maeve’s law’, that will make it legal for those at risk of passing on a severe mitochondrial disorder to their offspring to avoid this outcome by the use of assisted reproductive techniques known as ‘mitochondrial donation’.

We welcome yesterday’s announcement that the Government will be commissioning an independent review of the causes of disagreements in the care of critically ill children, how these disagreements can be avoided, and how we can sensitively handle their resolution.