Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB)

@Nuffbioethics

Independent research & policy centre, working to put ethics at the centre of decisions in biomedicine and health.

London nuffieldbioethics.org Joined April 2009

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Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @Nuffbioethics Mar 27, 2025

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Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @Nuffbioethics Dec 6, 2024

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Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @Nuffbioethics Nov 27, 2024

We have published proposals to bolster governance of research using stem cell-based embryo models, including legislation to ensure that research doesn't cross ethical red lines.

Read our news story:🔗bit.ly/SCBEMnews

#science #embryomodels #stemcells #makingethicsmatter

Professor Emma Cave says: As stem cell-based embryo model research advances, additional governance measures are needed to help give confidence that ethical red lines will not be crossed.

Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @Nuffbioethics Nov 15, 2024

Our work exploring public views on #assisteddying shows the majority of people want it to be legalised in England under strict conditions.
And they want improvements in palliative care services, irrespective of whether assisted dying is legalised or not.➡️bit.ly/4hHwrPL

Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @Nuffbioethics Nov 13, 2024

New insights from our project exploring public views on assisted dying show narrow eligibility criteria and ensuring effective safeguards are critical for people to support legalising assisted death in England.

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Professor Anne Kerr, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ Assisted Dying Advisory Board, said: “These findings reveal where there is public consensus on how a legalised assisted dying service in England should operate, were it to become a reality – having effective and robust safeguarding controls that will enable a strict eligibility criteria of terminally ill adults to be applied is clearly of upmost importance to the public.

“As the political debate on assisted dying gathers pace, we hope these timely insights will help to ensure those making the decision have the robust and trustworthy evidence they need to participate in a well-informed and nuanced conversation.”