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      • Whole genome sequencing of babies
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    • Topic environment green Animals, food and environment
      • Animal research
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      • Genome editing and farmed animals
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      • Xenotransplantation
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Policy

The Council engages with parliamentarians and others to inform policy and promote debate about bioethics issues.

Consultation Response

30 Jun 2020

Response to inquiry into a new UK research funding agency

Science and Technology Committee (Commons)

Tagged: biotechnology

Consultation Response

01 Jun 2020

Response to the Science and Technology Select Committee (Commons) inquiry into a new UK research funding agency

Science and Technology Select Committee (Commons)

Tagged: biotechnology

Consultation Response

01 Nov 2018

Response to consultation on oversight of emerging science and technology

Wellcome

Tagged: biotechnology

Consultation Response

01 Sep 2016

Response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee inquiry on science communication

Science and Technology Select Committee (Commons)

Tagged: biodata, biotechnology, Naturalness, neurotechnology

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Feb 2016

Zika: ethical considerations

Tagged: biotechnology, public health, Research in developing countries, solidarity

Consultation Response

01 Oct 2015

Response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry on GM insects

Science and technology Committee (Lords)

Tagged: biotechnology, genome editing, Naturalness

Consultation Response

01 Sep 2015

Comments on UNESCO's revision of the Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Tagged: biotechnology

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Dec 2012

Key conclusions of the Council's report Emerging biotechnologies: technology, choice and the public good

Tagged: biotechnology

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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is an independent body that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine. It was established by the Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation in 1991, and since 1994 it has been funded jointly by the Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.

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    New public dialogue to explore views on genome editing in farmed animals
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