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Professor Sarah Cunningham Burley, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, summarises what she reflected on in her keynote speech at the 2025 NIHR Innovation Observatory Horizon Scanning, Foresight and Futures conference.

Over the next three months, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics will be working with engagement specialists to run 41 community conversations across the UK, gathering views on the 14-day limit for research using embryos.

Council member John Coggon reflects on the Belém Health Action Plan and its commitments, highlighting the need to prioritise ethical analysis in research on Solar Radiation Modification.

Susan Tansey, Member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, reflects on recent changes to the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and how the management of this could impact on public trust in decision makers.

Read reflections from Lauren Ennis, who spent this summer working with us as a research and policy intern.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is launching a project to identify the ethical considerations associated with Solar Radiation Modification and make recommendations for the governance of research and development.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has announced it is working with the International Society for Stem Cell Research to explore how a timeframe matrix, which prioritises ethical implications, can be applied to an international horizon scan.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has appointed four experts in horizon scanning, foresight and futures to join its horizon scanning advisory group.

Molly Gray, Public Engagement Manager at the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, introduces our upcoming public dialogue and discusses the importance of engaging the public in conversations around the 14-day rule for human embryo research.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB), in partnership with the Future of Human Reproduction research programme, have published an overview of ethical and policy questions that arise in relation to in vitro gametogenesis.

Michael J. Reiss, member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Professor of Science Education at UCL and a Priest in the Church of England, reflects on research that aims to develop the tools needed to synthesise a human genome.

Emma Cave, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ working group for stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs), discusses takeaways from our policy roundtable and explores next steps for SCBEM regulation in the UK.