@uclbioethics

The Ethics Centre at UCL's Institute for Women's Health brings together researchers and clinicians to understand the ethical challenges in women's health today

 University College London
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Joined March 2015
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Excited to launch 'Making Babies in the 21st Century' today, a completely free, six-week online course from UCL. futurelearn.com/courses/maki…
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Looking forward to hearing the views of @TommyShakes and @ARCantental at our #geneticscreening event tomorrow respectpanel.eventbrite.co.u…

Genetic Screening and Respect for Persons

This panel debate will look at these new advances in prenatal testing and ask what impact these developments are having as they are being expanded, refined and ultimately introduced into clinical...

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Looking forward to the panel discussion on genetic screening tomorrow - all welcome eventbrite.co.uk/e/genetic-s…

Genetic Screening and Respect for Persons

This panel debate will look at these new advances in prenatal testing and ask what impact these developments are having as they are being expanded, refined and ultimately introduced into clinical...

eventbrite.co.uk
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Free panel event at UCL: Genetic screening and respect for persons. Wed 29 June, 6pm. Get info and book your ticket: respectpanel.eventbrite.co.u…

Genetic Screening and Respect for Persons

This panel debate will look at these new advances in prenatal testing and ask what impact these developments are having as they are being expanded, refined and ultimately introduced into clinical...

eventbrite.co.uk
The Ethics Centre retweeted
Matt Jenner@mattjenner22 Apr 2016
New @UCL #mooc Making Babies in the 21st Century - challenges of reproductive tech. futurelearn.com/courses/maki… #FLmakingbabies
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Vas James@VasLondon8 Mar 2016
Fascinating debate left everyone undecided-unregulated online sperm and egg purchase in UK#UCLwomensday #spermdonor
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Dr Polly@PCohenMedic8 Mar 2016
Very interesting debate 'buying fertility online' for #uclwomensday @ifwhUCL
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March 8th Panel Discussion Ethics of buying sperm and eggs over the internet wp.me/p48Vgq-oF @UCLbioethics

March 8th Panel Discussion Ethics of buying sperm and eggs over the internet – UCL Institute for...

WHEN: Tuesday, 8 March 2016 from 18:30 to 20:00 WHERE: Darwin Building, UCL WC1E 6BT GB – View Map More and more people are buying sperm and even eggs over the internet. How widespread is thi…

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Would you be willing to share your experience of being an ex-clinic donor recipient? DM to take part in our UCL panel debate .@D_C_Network
Would you be willing to share your experience of being an ex-clinic donor recipient? DM to take part in our UCL panel debate .@prideangel
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Julian Savulescu (.@juliansavulescu) responds to Pinker blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.u…
Medical ethicist and barrister Daniel Sokol responds to Steven Pinker blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.u…
Steven Pinker emphatically throws down the gauntlet to the bioethics community. bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015…

The moral imperative for bioethics - The Boston Globe

The primary moral goal for today’s bioethics can be summarized in a single sentence: Get out of the way.

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Where is my revolution?! Impatient health professor not content with pace of scientific progress blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2015/07/23…

Timothy Caulfield: Genetics and personalized medicine—where’s the revolution? - The BMJ

This blog is part of a series of blogs linked with BMJ Clinical Evidence, a database of systematic overviews of the best available evidence on the effectiveness of commonly used [...]More...

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The Ethics Centre retweeted
Nathan Emmerich@BioethicsUK6 Jun 2015
Non-invasive Down's syndrome test could be made available on NHS gu.com/p/49hcf/stw
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Eric Lander: "We should exercise caution before we start to rewrite the human genome." nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Scientists aim to write 'rulebook' for use of gene-editing #CRISPR technology bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_…
Do we have a duty to improve human biology? Some bioethicists seem to believe we do. blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.u…
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