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Papers relating to the 'Donaldson Report' on stem cell research, 1999-2000

 File — Box: CLX-A-1499, Box: data_value_missing_fc8df1feee6b196ebb430e0b50b1c670, Box: data_value_missing_9ce40b9ff842ff4081d9de6b6e3f5d8b
Identifier: Coll-1320/2/4

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Scope and Contents

Contains a copy of the Donaldson report and the government's response; typed notes in response to the report from Roslin Institute and Geron Bio-Med, and related papers, reports and correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999-2000

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Fonds:

English

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Biographical / Historical

The 'Donaldson report' was a report from an expert group established by the government and chaired by the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Liam Donaldson. The group was asked to undertake an assessment of the anticipated benefits of new areas of research using human embryos, the risks and alternatives, and ultimately, to advise whether these new areas of research should be permitted. The report, 'Stem Cell Research: medical progress with responsibility', was published by the Department of Health in June 2000. The report concluded that research was warranted across a range of sources of stem cells, and that it did not raise any new ethical issues different from those already raised by currently permitted forms of embryo research. The report was followed by a response from the government in August 2000, which accepted all the report's recommendations and undertook to introduce regulations to extend the permitted research purposes under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, and to set out unequivocally in legislation the existing ban on reproductive cloning.

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