Why the UK should extend the 14-day rule to 28 days
Lecturer in medical ethics at Lancaster University, Dr John Appleby looks at the reasons why the 14-day rule for embryo research was imposed in the first place, and why it should be reconsidered...
Dr John Appleby
Lecturer in medical ethics, Lancaster University
BioNews Articles by Dr John Appleby
It's time to remove the ten-year limit on social egg freezing
The UK's current law allows human eggs frozen for social reasons to be stored for a maximum of ten years. There are important arguments against this current limit...
Event Review: The Ethics of Human Artificial Gametes
A symposium titled 'The Ethics of Human Artificial Gametes' was recently held at the International Association of Bioethics 13th World Congress of Bioethics in Edinburgh to discuss the ethics of human artificial gametes...
Event Review: The Ethics of Mitochondrial Donation
A workshop organised to facilitate further in-depth ethical discussions about mitochondrial donation was recently held at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics...
Event Review: The Ethics of Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
Ethical dimensions of the emerging technology of mitochondrial replacement were the focus of a symposium that took place on 25 June at the 12th World Congress of Bioethics in Mexico City....
Is mitochondrial replacement therapy eugenic and incompatible with human dignity?
A group of European parliamentarians from the Council of Europe recently issued a declaration objecting to the HFEA's policy advice on experimental mitochondrial replacement therapy claiming that MRT is eugenic and inconsistent with human dignity. These are substantial moral claims, ones that deserve closer scrutiny, and it is an interesting and important exercise to consider how successful such arguments are...
Nuffield Council on Bioethics Call for Evidence: Disclosure and Donor Conception
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has launched an inquiry on the ethics of disclosure in families with children conceived using donated reproductive tissue (i.e. eggs, sperm, or embryos). In spring 2013 the Council will publish a report on its findings, making policy recommendations where appropriate. This call for evidence is part of a long history of debate on the topic of disclosure in the UK and runs parallel to international debates in the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe...