Publications

Explore our in-depth reports and policy briefings on the significant ethical issues arising from developments biomedicine and health.

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Type

Year

Report10th October 2011

Human bodies: donation for medicine and research

This report sets out guidance to help people consider the ethical acceptability of various ways of encouraging people to donate, both for treatment of others and for scientific research.

Organ donation and transplantationAssisted reproduction
Report1st March 1996

Animal-to-human transplants: the ethics of xenotransplantation

This report considers the ethical concerns raised by attempts to develop animal organs that can be transplanted into humans.

Organ donation and transplantationResearch involving animals
Report3rd April 1995

Human tissue: ethical and legal issues

Proposing an ethical and legal framework for the use of human tissue in clinical and applied research.

Organ donation and transplantationBiological and health data