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    • Topic life green Beginning of life
      • Donor conception
      • Disagreements in the care of critically ill children
      • Egg freezing
      • Genome editing and human reproduction
      • Mitochondrial DNA disorders
      • Neonatal medicine and care
      • Non-invasive prenatal testing
      • Whole genome sequencing of babies
    • Topic health green Health and society
      • Ageing
      • Cosmetic procedures
      • COVID-19
      • Dementia
      • Donation of bodily material
      • Experimental treatments
      • Gender identity
      • Genetics and genomics
      • Medical implants
      • Mental health
      • Naturalness
      • Personalised healthcare
      • Public health
      • Screening
      • Solidarity
      • Vaccination
    • Topic environment green Animals, food and environment
      • Animal research
      • Biofuels
      • Genome editing and farmed animals
      • GM crops
      • Meat alternatives
      • Xenotransplantation
    • Topic research green Research ethics
      • Children and clinical research
      • Culture of scientific research
      • Embryo and stem cell research
      • Research in developing countries
      • Research in global health emergencies
    • Topic technology green Data and technology
      • Artificial intelligence (AI)
      • Biological and health data
      • Technology in mental healthcare
      • Emerging biotechnologies
      • Forensic use of bioinformation
      • Neurotechnology
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Policy

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

Consultation Response

17 Mar 2021

Response to Defra consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)

Tagged: genome editing, GM crops

Consultation Response

07 Feb 2020

Response to WHO's draft governance framework for human genome editing

WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing

Tagged: genome editing, Genome editing human reproduction

Consultation Response

01 Feb 2017

Response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee inquiry on genomics and genome-editing

House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee

Tagged: genome editing

Policy Briefing Paper

16 May 2016

Public dialogue on genome editing: Why? When? Who?

Tagged: genome editing

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

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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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    Second Reading of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
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    New public dialogue to explore views on the future of ageing
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