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2019 National Conference - Rendle Short Lecture

Dr Peter Saunders speaking at the European Leadership Forum - Christianity and the New Biotechnologies

Nuffield Council on Bioethics: Genome Editing and Human Reproduction (update) (29/06/2017)

The Council has invited updates from its 2016 consultation on ethical issues around genome editing. Our submission to this new consultation is similar to the one we provided in 2016....

Gene editing in human embryos

Gene editing in human embryos

Gene editing in human embryos

Nuffield Council on Bioethics – Genome Editing (02/02/2016)

The Council has invited written submissions of evidence to inform its examination of ethical issues arising in relation to genome editing, an emerging family of biological techniques for making precise...

Three-parent embryos (triple helix - spring 2015)

Britain has become the first country in the world to offer controversial 'threeparent' fertility treatments to families who want to avoid passing on mitochondrial diseases to their children. The House of Commons approved the measure by 382–128 and the House of Lords by 280–48 on 3 and 24 February respectively. ...

Three-parent embryos – Dr Trevor Stammers on Al Jazeera TV

Evidence to the House of Lords' Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee on regulations to permit mitochondrial donation (06/01/2015)

Regulations to permit mitochondrial donation to prevent the transmission of serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child have been published by the Public Health Secretary. The regulations raise a number...