Reproductive technology regulation: Britain vs. the U.S. | Alison Murdoch | Nobel Conference
Alison Murdoch, MD presenting “Reproductive Technology Regulation in the UK: 40-Year Review” at the 53rd annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in 2017.
Dr. Murdoch’s lecture addresses pre-implantation embryo research and mitochondrial transfer, concentrating on the ethical and regulatory processes that impact such research in the UK.
Murdoch is a professor of reproductive medicine at Newcastle University and qualified as a gynaecologist and fertility clinician. She founded Newcastle Fertility Centre within Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust. The team has a longstanding successful history of embryo-based research. Murdoch’s main role has related to the social and ethical implications of the work and management of the regulatory aspect of getting research approval. She is one of the first people in the world to have been granted approval to clone human embryos for the purpose of research. More recently, Murdoch is a part of the team of researchers who have been at the forefront of developing IVF technology to prevent transmission of mitochondrial disease. She is past Chair of the British Fertility Society and past member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
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