Reports
Recent Articles
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Local Food Systems in Europe: Case studies from five countries and what they imply for policy and practice (August 2010)
22nd August 2010The results from the project 'FAAN - Facilitating Alternative Agro Food Networks: Stakeholder Perspectives on Research Needs'. Funded by the EU's FP7 'Science in Society'.
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in ReportsBioscience for Life?
5th April 2010This report documents the political commitment to a new bio-economy and how it has influenced research funding decisions in the biosciences. It concludes that there are significant opportunity costs associated with pursuing ineffective biotech solutions to a wide variety of problems in health and agriculture, and that the research funding system needs significant reform.
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in ReportsSummary & Conclusions: History of proposal for data-sharing without consent
26th January 2009A summary of the history of UK Biobank.
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in ReportsHistory of the proposal for data-sharing without consent
26th January 2009This report documents the history of the UK Biobank genetic research project. It forms Appendix A of the later 'Bioscience for Life?' report. It refers to proposals to share genetic and health data with private companies without consent: these proposals were dropped in 2009 following massive public opposition (read more here). However, data-sharing without consent could still take place using the NHS's secondary uses service (SUS) for electronic medical records.