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      • Donor conception
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      • Egg freezing
      • Genome editing and human reproduction
      • Mitochondrial DNA disorders
      • Neonatal medicine and care
      • Non-invasive prenatal testing
      • Whole genome sequencing of babies
      • Surrogacy
    • 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

We engage with parliamentarians, governments and others to offer independent and informed contributions on bioethical issues, helping to embed ethics in policy making. Below you can browse and download our policy briefings and consultation responses.

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

01 Mar 2012

Response to Improving Dignity in Care: consultation on draft report and recommendations

Commission on Improving Dignity in Care

Tagged: Dementia

Consultation Response

09 Jan 2012

Response to consultation 'Medical Frontiers: debating mitochondria replacement'

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Tagged: Mitochondrial DNA disorders

Consultation Response

09 Jan 2012

Response to consultation on proposals for legislation on organ and tissue donation

Welsh Goverment

Tagged: Human bodies: donation

Consultation Response

01 Dec 2011

Response to public consultation on regulations to transpose Organ Directive 2010/53/EU into UK legislation

Department of Health

Tagged: Human bodies: donation

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Nov 2011

Implementation of the transport elements of the Renewable Energy Directive

Tagged: Biofuels

Consultation Response

03 Oct 2011

Response to inquiry on social care

House of Commons Health Select Committee

Tagged: Dementia

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Oct 2011

Key recommendations in the Council's report Human bodies: donation for medicine and research

Tagged: Donation of bodily material

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Sep 2011

Briefing for UN High-level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases

Tagged: Public health

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About us

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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News
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    Surrogacy in the UK: Nuffield Council on Bioethics calls for update of decades-old law to help better protect and support all involved
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