Submitted by T. Smyth on Fri, 07/02/2025 - 12:59
This week, Christina Rozeik, Programme Manager for Cambridge Reproduction accepted the award for the Cambridge Reproduction project Including public voices in policy through a public dialogue on stem cell-based embryo models at The Cambridge Awards 2025.
Stem cell-based embryo models offer exciting new opportunities to understand human development and pregnancy failures. But there are questions over how this research should be regulated ethically and responsibly. Cambridge Reproduction is leading a project to develop the first UK governance for these models. This has involved wide consultation, including scientists, lawyers, ethicists, regulators and research funders. We also carried out the first ever public dialogue on embryo models, to guarantee that public voices were embedded in governance right from the start.
Read more about the Stem Cell Based Embryo Models project.
With thanks to all our collaborators
Kathy Niakan (Physiology, Development and Neuroscience)
Michael Norman (Babraham Institute)
Naomi Clements-Brod (Gurdon Institute)
Sandy Starr Progress Educational Trust
Roger Sturmey (Hull York Medical School)
Suzannah Lansdell Sciencewise
Suzannah Kinsella (Hopkins Van Mil)
Anna MacGillivray (Ursus Consulting)