Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

Pharmacogenetics, ethical issues: review of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report.

In September this year the Nuffield Council on Bioethics held a meeting to disclose and discuss the main findings of their newly published report on the ethical issues associated with developments in pharmacogenetics research. The basics of pharmacogenetics science is briefly outlined, and then the extent to which the report was successful in addressing (or at least highlighting) the attendant ...

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report: Novel Techniques for the prevention of mitochondrial DNA disorders: an ethical review London: Nuffield Council of Bioethics 2012

From the first reading I liked this report because it does what all good reports should do: it takes a complex subject – pronuclear transfer (PNT) and maternal spindle transfer (MST) explains it clearly (chapter 2), considers the ethical pros and cons for its use (chapter 4) in a particular context – the prevention of debilitating mitochondrial disease (chapter 1) in a measured way and, finally...

This response was submitted to the consultation held by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on Genome Editing November 2015 to January 2016. Nuffield Council on Bioethics Consultation on Genome Editing

The domestication of crops began over ten thousand years ago. This domestication fixed traits, particularly those related to high yield, but also reduced genetic diversity in breeding populations. Compared to wild species, the breeding populations of many crop plants are less diverse [1]. We therefore need to employ technologies to increase genetic variation in crops in order to identify and fi...

The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries NUFFIELD COUNCIL BIOETHICS ON

The Virtues of National Ethics Committees.

The United Kingdom has many bodies that play their part in carrying out the work of national ethics committees, but its nearest equivalent of a U.S. presidential bioethics commission is the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, established in 1991. The Council is charged with examining ethical questions raised by developments in biological and medical research, publishing reports, and making represent...