The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues
Audio recordings of the launch seminar
The Council launched its report The Forensic Use of Bioinformation: Ethical Issues at a public seminar on 18th September 2007. On this page you can listen to or download audio recordings of each presentation. The PowerPoint presentations for each speaker are also available to download.
Introduction, ethical values and human rights
Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC
Chairman of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Working Group
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The science: accuracy, reliability and interpretation
Professor Andrew Read
Chair of Human Genetics, University of Manchester
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Criminal investigation and trial
Dr Carole McCartney
Project Manager and Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds
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Familial searching, inferring ethnicity and research uses
Dr Bronwyn Parry
Reader in Social and Cultural Geography, Queen Mary University of London
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Governance and ethical oversight
Professor Graeme Laurie
Director, AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology, University of Edinburgh
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Last Updated Wed, 19 September 2007