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

Consultation Response

01 May 2018

Response to inquiry into the science of mitochondrial donation and related matters

Australian Senate Community Affairs References Committee

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

01 Aug 2015

Response to the HFEA triennial review

Department of Health

Tagged: Donor conception, Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

01 Jul 2015

HFEA consultation: Regulating mitochondrial donation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Feb 2015

Key recommendations (February 2015 update): Novel techniques for the prevention of mitochondrial DNA disorders: an ethical review

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

01 Jul 2014

Comments on Concept note on updating the IBC’s reflection of the human genome and human rights

UNESCO International Bioethics Committee

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

01 May 2014

Response to consultation on draft regulations to permit the use of new treatment techniques to prevent the transmission of a serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child

Department of Health

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Jun 2012

Key conclusions of the Council's report Novel techniques for the prevention of mitochondrial DNA disorders: an ethical review

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

09 Jan 2012

Response to consultation 'Medical Frontiers: debating mitochondria replacement'

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

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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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