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Emma Cave
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Professor of Healthcare Law, Durham University.

Core member of Health & Social Care Committee Expert Panel.

Member of BMA Medical Ethics Committee.

Expert on informed consent, medical treatment of children and young people and emerging biotechnologies.
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The Obstetric Violence Reading Group has been busy!
We’ve explored publications by leading scholars that challenge and enrich how we think about #ObstetricViolence.
Read our reflections in our blog series on the Obstetric Violence Blog www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Now more people are back this seems like a good time to give another shout out about this NEW edited collection on consent in reproductive care, including chapters from @drsamhalliday.bsky.social @annanelson95.bsky.social @zainamahmoud.bsky.social @emmacave.bsky.social and more
September 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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We are pleased to announce that we are working with
@ipsosintheuk.bsky.social to deliver a large-scale public dialogue as part of our project reviewing the 14-day rule for human #embryo #research.

Find out more in our new blog: ➡️🔗 bit.ly/47tBz7s

#publicengagement #makingethicsmatter
August 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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COMMENT: Professor Emma Cave writes about the regulation of human SCBEM and how there are good reasons to distinguish them from embryos. Read the article in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/human-stem-c...

#SCBEMs #ELS #regulation #stemcells #embryo #humandevelopment @emmacave.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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📢 New blog post!

@emmacave.bsky.social, Chair of the NCOB's working group on stem cell-based embryo models, reflects on our recent #policy roundtable and explores next steps for #SCBEM regulation in the UK.

Read it here:🔗➡️https://bit.ly/SCBEM-regulation-blog

#regulation #makingethicsmatter
June 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New in Journal of Law & the Biosciences: I argue for separate regulatory pathways for embryos and stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs).
Paper builds on the 2024 Nuffield Council on Bioethics WG I chaired.
#SCBEMs #bioethics #lifesciences
🔗 academic.oup.com/jlb/article-...
Advocating distinct regulatory paths for embryos and embryo-like structures
academic.oup.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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NEW FILM: ‘What Can the Fertility Sector Learn from the Infected Blood Scandal and Inquiry?’ documents the recent PET event, by the same name. Watch on our website: www.progress.org.uk/film-what-ca...

#fertility #infertility #ttc #infectedbloodscandal @emmacave.bsky.social @farsidesb.bsky.social
FILM: What Can the Fertility Sector Learn from the Infected Blood Scandal and Inquiry? | PET
This film documents a PET event about lessons for the fertility sector from the UK's infected blood scandal, and from the subsequent Infected Blood Inquiry...
www.progress.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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We are pleased to announce that Professor Sarah Devaney has been appointed as Chair of the working group for our project reviewing the 14-day rule for human #embryo #research.

Find out more about the project and working group members here: ➡️🔗 bit.ly/14-day-rule-...
April 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Strathclyde Law School is advertising for a readership in public law. Details here:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI746/r...

Feel free to contact me if you have any queries about this post.
March 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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OBITUARY: Margot will always be remembered not only for her extraordinary academic brilliance and public service, but also for her fundamental decency... Profs Emma Cave and Emily Jackson pay tribute in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...
#obituary #academia #MargotBrazier #bioethics #law
March 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Some lovely tributes in this article reporting
the death of Professor Margaret -Margot- Brazier. She was indeed brilliant and fearless- and also so kind and inspirational. I will very much miss my former personal tutor, former colleague and great friend.
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2499656...
Tributes paid after death of 'brilliant and fearless' Lancashire professor
A leading academic lawyer from Lancashire who chaired three key government bodies has died aged 74.
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A tribute to the wonderful Prof Margot Brazier, pioneer in healthcare law, from Emily Jackson and me, in BioNews @pet-bionews.bsky.social www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...
Obituary: Professor Margaret Brazier | PET
Margaret Brazier, known as Margot, was a professor at the University of Manchester's School of Law and a leading figure in modern healthcare law.
www.progress.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM