Publications

This report looks at the possible benefits and unintended consequences of intervening in the brain, and sets out an ethical framework to guide the practices of those involved in development, regulation, use and promotion of novel neurotechnologies.

This report considers the interests of people affected by donor conception and makes recommendations about what can be done to support, encourage and empower those making decisions about the sharing of information.

Exploring the ethical issues and challenges raised by emerging biotechnologies and setting out a ‘public ethics’ approach to guide policy making, research and regulation.

This report examines the ethical issues raised by new techniques that aim to prevent the transmission of maternally-inherited mitochondrial DNA disorders.

This report proposes a new definition of solidarity and applies it to policy making in the areas of biobanks, pandemics and lifestyle disease.

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.

An ethical framework and recommendations to guide policy making for current and future biofuels.

New developments in medical profiling and online medicine can enable people to take more responsibility for their health and give them increased choice. Our report explores the extent to which developments really are leading to healthcare becoming more personalised.

Ethical dilemmas arise everyday in relation to the care of people living with dementia. This report concludes that we need to do more as a society to enable people to live well with dementia.

This report makes recommendations about what the Government, industry and individuals should do to enable people to lead a healthy life.

This report uses the principle of proportionality as a basis for recommendations in a number of areas including the use of the National DNA Database.

This report discusses the ethical, legal and social issues raised and proposes guidelines on giving intensive care to babies born before 26 weeks.