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View article: Surrogacy: New Challenges to Law and Ethics
Surrogacy: New Challenges to Law and Ethics Open
It is a truth universally acknowledged (apologies to Jane Austen) that complex and fast-moving new biotechnologies inevitably outstrip legal regulation and ethical scrutiny. Surrogacy, the subject ...
View article: Geneva Statement on Heritable Human Genome Editing: The Need for Course Correction
Geneva Statement on Heritable Human Genome Editing: The Need for Course Correction Open
As public interest advocates, policy experts, bioethicists, and scientists, we call for a course correction in public discussions about heritable human genome editing. Clarifying misrepresentations, centering societal consequences and conc…
View article: Property in the Body and Medical Law
Property in the Body and Medical Law Open
In common law, the traditional rule has been that there is no property in excised human tissue. In an era of widespread commodification of tissue, however, the practical reasons behind this position are increasingly outdated, while the phi…
View article: Should UK primary care be an early adopter of genomic medicine?
Should UK primary care be an early adopter of genomic medicine? Open
Genomics is the study of all the DNA in the genome, together with technologies that allow it to be read, analysed and interpreted. Powerful new genomic technologies now allow greater accessibility to the human genome which is, in turn, all…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
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View article: On Bioethics and the Commodified Body: An Interview with Donna Dickenson (Dispatch)
On Bioethics and the Commodified Body: An Interview with Donna Dickenson (Dispatch) Open
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View article: Introduction to the article collection ‘Translation in healthcare: ethical, legal, and social implications’
Introduction to the article collection ‘Translation in healthcare: ethical, legal, and social implications’ Open
New technologies are transforming and reconfiguring the boundaries between patients, research participants and consumers, between research and clinical practice, and between public and private domains. From personalised medicine to big dat…
View article: Ethical qualms about genetic prognosis
Ethical qualms about genetic prognosis Open
“We believe your genetic information should be controlled by you.”[1][1] Under that banner of individual autonomy, the consumer genetics firm 23 and Me conducted personalized genetic testing until it was stopped in November 2013 by the Uni…