Professor of Healthcare Law at Durham University
Professor Emma Cave is a professor of healthcare law at Durham University. She is a core member of the Health and Social Care Committee Expert Panel and a member of the British Medical Association Medical Ethics Committee. She chaired the Nuffield Council on Bioethics working group exploring the ethical and regulatory issues raised by human stem cell-based embryo models in 2024 and was a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority 2018-2021.
Professor Emma Cave explores how adaptive governance and regulatory sandboxing could help the UK support emerging biotechnologies while maintaining public trust and effective oversight…
Professor Emma Cave argues that even if human stem-cell-based embryo models were to replicate embryos so accurately that they ceased to be 'models', there would still – even then – be good reasons to distinguish them from embryos for regulatory purposes…
Professor Margot Brazier – a leading figure in modern healthcare law – died on 4 March 2025...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published recommendations calling for clear legislative action to differentiate stem-cell-based embryos from embryos and to safeguard against ethical breaches...
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