Biomedicine, health and identity is one of four EGN research programmes designed to present scientifically informed and policy-relevant research to key UK and international audiences. This theme focuses on the anticipated health and personal-identity benefits that are thought to flow from the contemporary biosciences. For example, it is commonly suggested that an understanding of the human genome will allow treatments to be “personalised” to specific patients, making the procedures safer and more effective. At the same time, it is proposed that developments from stem-cell research will allow the emergence of “regenerative medicine” – the re-growth of damaged or lost tissue. This theme asks how medical research and clinical practice are responding to the new life sciences, and examines some of the implications for equality and access to biomedical services.

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Genomics Forum research projects related to this programme include:

Incidental Findings from Clinical Studies – with the increase in the use of large-scale genomic scanning in clinical studies, it is ever more likely that clinicians will find out unexpected health-related information about patients that is unconnected to the study being undertaken. This information may also have implications for patients’ families and kin. The Forum is participating in analyses of the sociological and ethical issues related to these incidental findings.

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Biobanks, Commerce and Public Trust
Nadja Kanellopoulou

Evaluation of Genetic Services
Rod Taylor

MAGNet - Medicine and Genomics Network
Nadja Kanellopoulou

Race, Medicine and Scientific Research
ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum