Biomedical ethics

Reports on meetings and other activities organised by the Trust's Biomedical Ethics Programme.

Access to Collections of Data and Materials for Health Research An independent report to the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, by William W Lowrance. 28/03/06

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Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Programme meeting report

Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Programme Grantholders' Meeting 2004 Report on the inaugural meeting. 09/12/04

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Investigating Ethics and Mental Disorders

Report of a meeting to discuss new research directions. 01/07/04

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UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Framework Development of the Ethics and Governance Framework for this collaboration between the Trust, the Medical Research Council and the Department of Health. 01/05/04

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Kilifi Research Ethics Workshop 2004: Meeting report Research ethics training in Africa. 12/03/04

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Translating Pharmocogenetics Research into Practice: Ethical and policy issues A meeting to discuss the outcomes of Trust-funded research in this field, and identify issues for further research and policy development. 19/09/03

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Between Macroethics and Microrealities Anthropological perspectives on biomedical research in developing countries, presented at the decennial meeting of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth in July 2003. 01/08/03

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Review of the Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Programme Details of the review of the Biomedical Ethics programme carried out by the Trust's Policy Unit in 2001. 01/09/01

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The Commodification of Bioinformation: The Icelandic Health Sector Database A report from Professor Hilary Rose on deCODE and the Icelandic Health Sector Database. 01/03/01

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Social, Ethical and Public Policy Implications of Advances in the Biomedical Sciences Paper presented to the European Workshop on Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Aspects in Pharmacogenetics, 12 November 1999, Berlin. 12/11/99

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The Use of Biological Sample Collections and Personal Medical Information in Human Genetics Research

The Use of Biological Sample Collections and Personal Medical Information in Human Genetics Research
background paper for a Trust workshop in 1999 on human biological sample collections. 05/11/99

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Report on the Workshop on Human Biological Sample Collections

Report on a workshop held in 1999 to discuss ethical, social, legal and policy issues around human biological sample collections. 05/11/99

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