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Sophia Prout reflects on a new partnership between the NHS and Amazon’s Alexa.

Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a new partnership between the Samaritans and Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google, YouTube, and Twitter.

If you were born in Scotland between 1965 and 2003 then, more likely than not, a sample of your blood is being stored by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has launched a call for evidence to inform its inquiry into the use of genome editing techniques in farmed animals.

In a new briefing note, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics highlights the ethical issues raised by the use of medical implants and the challenges faced by those working in this area.

A lot has happened since we published our report Genome editing and human reproduction: social and ethical issues in July 2018. In this blog, Peter Mills provides a synopsis of recent developments.

This week in a Westminster Hall Debate on regulation of the aesthetics industry, Jackie Doyle-Price, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, committed to bringing forward legislation to ban under 18s from accessing cosmetic procedures, in line with current age limits on tattoos and sunbeds.

An international group of experts in community engagement for health research has identified urgent measures to foster involvement of local communities in emergency research, such as the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sophia Prout explores the rise in vaccine hesitancy and how we can tackle this.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has submitted a response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s call for evidence for their inquiry on commercial genomics.

Andy Greenfield reflects on epigenetics and its potential.

Seven new members join the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.