CMF Blog

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Mitochondrial manipulated births: a muted reception

For a prospect anticipated for almost 20 years, the announcement in a Guardian exclusive of the successful…
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When is a ‘synthetic’ embryo a real embryo?

Embryonic stem cell-derived embryos (ESCDEs) have been around for a long time. Last year, an ESCDE,…
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You wouldn’t do it to a dog! Current fetal pain relief in NHS abortions

This blog should perhaps carry one of those BBC-style warnings, ‘some viewers may find the following…
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Moral flip-flopping over doctors and the death penalty

I have long argued that ethicists who advocate euthanasia while at the same time being opposed to capital…
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‘Because you’re worth it?’ The BMA and the junior doctors’ strikes

Easter 2023 is likely to be remembered for a long time in the NHS. Straight after a four-day bank holiday…
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‘Of Mice and Men’

The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in 2018 really hit the headlines when Prof He…
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When is a baby not a baby?

Last week Panorama ran an ‘investigation’ into pregnancy advice centres which they claimed give misleading…
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Neuro-silicon interfaces: a new mode of being?

The idea of humankind being merely machines has a long history, stretching back to Julien Offrey De La…
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Desperate for organs

‘What can a man give in return for his life?’ asks Jesus rhetorically of his disciples and the crowds…
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I’m a Christian working in the NHS. The system is broken. Here’s how you can pray for us

I’ve just got home from a shift in the emergency department (ED). The hospital is in ‘critical incident’…

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