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Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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Name: Nuffield Council on Bioethics

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

What Are the Ethical Implications of Experimentation on Animals?

A researcher examines a mouse before testing.Photodisc/Photodisc/Debate surrounds the use of animal testing in cosmetics, science and medicine. The argument questions the ethical implications of experimentation on animals for human gain, advance or progress. ... [Published Opposing Views - May 17 2013]

Entities: Ethical, Photodisc, Cosmetics, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

13.05 - Acclaimed work of law professor recognised - MANCHESTER

A prestigious national award has payed tribute to the acclaimed academic re by a Professor of Law at The University of Manchester. Professor was praised by leading figures in the legal profession, who came together to recognise excellence in the legal ... [Published MyScience - May 13 2013]

Entities: Manchester, Neonatal Medicine, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Rewards and incentives for the provision of human tissue for research

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ 2011 report, Human Bodies: Donation for Medicine and Research , proposes a system for examining the ethical implications of different types of incentives for the provision of human tissue for use in medicine and research. ... [Published Journal of Medical Ethics - May 10 2013]

Entities: Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Biotechnology, Ethical

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Report Review: Donor information sharing - Preservation of personal liberty or the indirect control over people's private lives?

In its latest contribution to practical bioethics and policymaking, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics in its report on information sharing in donor conception recommends, among other things, that parents of donor-conceived children should not be mandated ... [Published BioNews - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Information Sharing, Donor, Bioethics

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Why we should welcome the conclusions of the Nuffield report on donor conception

I attended the launch of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report on 'Ethical aspects of information sharing in donor conception' on 17 April 2013. At the meeting, the report was not universally welcomed and some of the audience were disappointed that ... [Published BioNews - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Donor, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Gamete

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

Nuffield says parents should decide whether to tell children they are donor-conceived

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has recommended that parents of donor-conceived children are best placed to tell them about their biological origins, but should not be mandated to do so.In a report on the ethical aspects of information sharing in donor ... [Published BioNews - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Donor, Sheila McLean, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Human Fertilisation

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Men and women who donated are encouraged to reveal their identity

Submitted by prideangel.com on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 2:29aminMen and women who donated their sperm or egg cells anonymously should consider revealing their identity to their biological children, a study into the ethics of donor conception has recommended ... [Published Proud Parenting - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Donor, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Donations

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

Experts Reject Mandatory Need To Declare Egg Or Sperm Donation On Birth Certificates

Parents who use egg or sperm donations to have children should have the right to decide when or if to tell their children about their conception, experts said.The Nuffield Council on Bioethics said the state should not intervene to ensure people find ... [Published Huffington Post UK - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Sperm, Donations, Donor, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 3 reports

UK & World News: Parents backed in donor conception

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics said the state should not intervene to ensure people find out about their origins.A new report by the group of experts rejects ideas of interventions such as mandatory declarations on birth certificates.Rhona Knight, ... [Published The Journal - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Donor, United Kingdom, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Sperm and egg donors urged to reveal identity

Men and women who donated their sperm or egg cells anonymously should consider revealing their identity to their biological children, a study into the ethics of donor conception has recommended. All children born as a result of donor conception after ... [Published The Independent - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Donor, Sperm, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

First reported Mar 20 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

Britain ponders 'three-person embryos' to combat genetic diseases

If given green light, British scientists would be the first to offer treatments letting babies be born with DNA from three peopleThe government is considering whether to propose legal changes that would allow radical new treatments for families at risk ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]

Entities: Embryo, Genetic Disorder, mitochondria, treatments

First reported Jan 14 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

Defra, open access and planning

The majority of last week’s meetings were ‘internal’, mainly around planning for future activities, but I did join a very useful discussion with representatives of the Russell Group about the implementation of Open Access , a subject of increasing ... [Published Professor Douglas Kell's blog - Jan 14 2013]

Entities: UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural A..., Agriculture, Duncan Wingham, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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...This appropriately set the scene for the following plenary session on "What's special about scientific advice, governance and policy-making in the life sciences?" which featured insightful contributions drawn from a range of policy-making backgrounds

Event review: ESRC Genomics Network Conference 2013 [Published BioNews - May 20 2013]

...The report concluded that "it is not the role of state authorities...to intervene to ensure that all donor-conceived people know of the circumstances of their conception" (1)

What you think about donor conception [Published BioNews - May 13 2013]

Contrast this with the explicit message in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) that unequivocally advocates "the importance of informing any resulting child at an early age that the child results from the gametes of a person who is not a parent of the child" . (3)

Little for donor-conceived people in the Nuffield Council's report [Published BioNews - Apr 29 2013]

Professor Sheila McLean, chair of the HFEA's National Donation Strategy Group, said that it welcomes the report's recommendations. "We recognise the importance of information to people affected by donation and one of our tasks is to help donors provide better information about themselves for future families"

Nuffield says parents should decide whether to tell children they are donor-conceived [Published BioNews - Apr 23 2013]

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Event review: ESRC Genomics Network Conference ... [Published BioNews - May 20 2013]
What Are the Ethical Implications of Experiment... [Published Opposing Views - May 17 2013]
What you think about donor conception [Published BioNews - May 13 2013]
13.05 - Acclaimed work of law professor recogni... [Published MyScience - May 13 2013]
Rewards and incentives for the provision of hum... [Published Journal of Medical Ethics - May 10 2013]
Little for donor-conceived people in the Nuffie... [Published BioNews - Apr 29 2013]
Why we should welcome the conclusions of the Nu... [Published BioNews - Apr 29 2013]
Report Review: Donor information sharing - Pres... [Published BioNews - Apr 29 2013]
Nuffield says parents should decide whether to ... [Published BioNews - Apr 23 2013]
Nuffield report: Parents should decide whether ... [Published BioNews - Apr 22 2013]
Men and women who donated are encouraged to rev... [Published Proud Parenting - Apr 18 2013]
Experts Reject Mandatory Need To Declare Egg Or... [Published Huffington Post UK - Apr 17 2013]
Parents Need To Take Final Call! [Published TopNews New Zealand - Apr 17 2013]
UK & World News: Parents backed in donor concep... [Published The Journal - Apr 17 2013]
UK & World News: Parents backed in donor concep... [Published Liverpool Daily Post - Apr 17 2013]
Sperm and egg donors urged to reveal identity [Published The Independent - Apr 17 2013]
Parents backed in donor conception [Published Bridport News - Apr 17 2013]
Avielle Foundation Introduces Scientific Adviso... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 15 2013]
Avielle Foundation Introduces Scientific Adviso... [Published Zecco - Apr 15 2013]
Budget 2013: what does it mean for science and ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]
Britain ponders 'three-person embryos' to comba... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 20 2013]
Who influenced the Prime Minister about this? [Published PharmaGossip - Feb 27 2013]
Defra, open access and planning [Published Professor Douglas Kell's blog - Jan 14 2013]
'Three-parent baby' IVF could be made legal [Published Telegraph - Sep 17 2012]

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Who influenced the Prime Minister about this? [Published PharmaGossip - Feb 27 2013] There is no evidence base for proposed dementia screeningWe are writing in response to the Department of Health’s consultation on ‘early’ or ‘timely’ diagnosis of dementia in primary care and the debate this and other policy initiatives have exposed in ...
Defra, open access and planning [Published Professor Douglas Kell's blog - Jan 14 2013] The majority of last week’s meetings were ‘internal’, mainly around planning for future activities, but I did join a very useful discussion with representatives of the Russell Group about the implementation of Open Access , a subject of increasing ...