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Policy

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

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Jun 2013

Key recommendations in the Council's report - Novel neurotechnologies: intervening in the brain

Tagged: neurotechnology

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Apr 2013

Key recommendations in the Council's report - Donor conception: ethical aspects of information sharing

Tagged: Donor conception

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Dec 2012

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

Tagged: biotechnology

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

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Nov 2011

Implementation of the transport elements of the Renewable Energy Directive

Tagged: Biofuels

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

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Apr 2011

Key recommendations in the Council's report Biofuels: ethical issues

Tagged: Biofuels

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Oct 2010

Key recommendations in the Council's report Medical profiling and online medicine: the ethics of 'personalised healthcare' in a consumer age

Tagged: Personalised healthcare

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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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