The Future of Human Reproduction

An innovative, interdisciplinary research programme, funded by Wellcome, exploring the cultural, ethical, legal and social challenges that will emerge as technological advances fundamentally change the possibilities for human reproduction.

Our Vision

To push academic boundaries by developing new methods, research agendas and interdisciplinary ways of working to tackle the conceptual and ethical implications of a range of future reproductive scenarios likely to be technologically possible within a generation.

Major Research Themes

News

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Call for new governance framework for stem cell-based embryo models

A Nuffield Council on Bioethics working group, including Lancaster University Distinguished Professor of Bioethics Stephen Wilkinson, calls for a new governance framework for stem cell-based embryo models, one that encourages innovation whilst upholding ethical standards and ensuring public benefit.

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Leading expert to advise on ethics at national level

A Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University has been appointed to a national working group to assess and advise on the ethical and regulatory issues raised by research using human stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs).