Blog Who is science for? A brief reflection on the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing by Peter Mills 13 Mar 2023 6
Blog Human genome editing and moral leadership: findings of the WHO Expert Advisory Committee by Peter Mills In 2019, the World Health Organization convened an Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing. On Monday it published its findings in three reports: a position paper (summarising the findings), a set of recommendations and a framework for governance. 14 Jul 2021 0
News Nuffield Council welcomes new international guidance on governance of human genome editing The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published the findings of its Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing. 12 Jul 2021
Blog Heritable human genome editing: the National Academies/Royal Society report by Peter Mills The Consensus Study Report of the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing convened by the US National Academies of Medicine and Sciences and the UK’s Royal Society was published on 3 September. 08 Sep 2020 1
News Joint statement on the ethics of heritable human genome editing We - jointly with the French and German ethics councils - call on governments and stakeholders around the world to put ethical considerations at the core of any future discussion and of the development of global governance of heritable genome editing. 03 Mar 2020
Press Release Press release: Joint Statement of Ethics Councils from France, Germany and the United Kingdom on the Ethics of Human Heritable Genome Editing Governments and stakeholders around the world are urged to put ethical considerations at the centre of any developments in global governance of heritable human genome editing, in a new statement published today. 03 Mar 2020
Blog A genome editing month by Peter Mills From time to time I have posted updates on this blog about the evolving international discussion surrounding human heritable genome editing... 26 Nov 2019 0
Blog A genome editing year: developments since the Nuffield report by Peter Mills A lot has happened since we published our report Genome editing and human reproduction: social and ... 17 Jun 2019 0
Press Release Call for a global moratorium on heritable genome editing Yesterday in an article in Nature, a group of scientists and ethicists from seven countries called f... 14 Mar 2019
Press Release Nuffield Council statement on reports of gene-edited babies born in China Today, the media has reported that gene-edited babies have been born in China. If these reports are ... 26 Nov 2018
Blog 40 years of IVF: three key challenges for the future of reproductive medicine by Hugh Whittall A debate takes place in the House of Lords today recognising 2018 as the 40th anniversary of the bir... 13 Sep 2018 2
Report Read report Downloads Download the report Download the guide to the report Download the key recommendations 17 Jul 18 Genome editing and human reproduction: social and ethical issues In July 2018, we published a report into the social and ethical issues raised by the use of genome editing as a technology that could influence inherited characteristics in humans.
Press Release Heritable genome editing: action needed to secure responsible way forward An independent inquiry by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has concluded that editing the DNA of a ... 17 Jul 2018
News Conference for 'Genome editing and human reproduction: social and ethical issues' In September 2016, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics began an in-depth inquiry into the ethical issu... 05 Jun 2018
News Council responds to NAS-NAM report on human genome editing The US National Academies of Sciences (NAS) and National Academy of Medicine (NAM) have today releas... 15 Feb 2017
Report Read report Downloads Download the report Download the guide to the report Download a summary of the key points 30 Sep 16 Genome editing: an ethical review This review considers the impact of recent advances in genome editing, which have diffused rapidly across many fields of biological research, and the range of ethical questions to which they give rise.
