The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has produced a report on Human Bodies: Donation for Medicine and Research. Deals with body and tissue donation, setting out a range of ethical issues and options.
The UK government Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has issued a new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth. Emphasis on strengthening the science base, links with business, and the environment for commercialisation. Specific research measures include encouraging universities to develop more multi-partner consortia; and more open access to publicly-funded data and publications. Commentary from Nature.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith