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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is pleased to announce it has been commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care to conduct an independent review of the disagreements that can arise between families and healthcare teams in the care of critically ill children in England.

From the outset of our in-depth inquiry on the future of ageing, we have worked to engage with diverse groups of older adults to inform our report and recommendations. Our Chair, Bella Starling, reflects back on how the inquiry has connected with people, and how it has been informed by the people for whom it is most relevant.

Today, MPs will debate the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill in the House of Commons.

As England moves closer to new laws allowing the use of genome editing in farming systems, our new public dialogue has given fresh insight into people’s views on precision breeding.

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.