Bios Centre UK

28/09/2026

Dr Helen Watt, Senior Research Fellow at the Bios Centre, has published a blogpost titled “Stopping eating and drinking as a means of su***de: BMA guidance on VSED” available at the following link👇

By Helen Watt Su***de can be carried out by act or by omission, or by a combination of the two. Each kind of su***de can be deliberately aided or negligently enabled, including by those with a duty of care. Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED), on which the BMA issued Guidance last month,...

24/09/2026

Dr Ilaria Bertini, Research Fellow at the Bios Centre, has published an article on bioethics and warfare in the “Journal of Bioethical Inquiry” available at the following link👇

This paper responds to calls to expand bioethics’ engagement with the public health consequences of war. It argues that bioethics can offer more than normative evaluation of conduct in armed conflict; it can contribute to a deeper understanding of human vulnerability and interdependence in conditi...

23/09/2026

Dr Lily Lamb's talk on “Assisted Death Provision: A duty for a GP” for our monthly seminar series is now available on our YouTube channel at the following link👇

Dr Lily Lamb, GP at Northumbria Primary Care and a National Institu...

22/09/2026

TODAY Dr Lily Lamb (GP at Northumbria Primary Care and a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Fellow at Newcastle University School of Medicine) will be presenting a Zoom seminar to us **at 6pm BST** on the topic 'Assisted Death Provision: A duty for a GP?'
To join the discussion please email [email protected].

15/09/2026

⚠️One week to go! Dr Lily Lamb (General Practitioner at Northumbria Primary Care and a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Fellow at Newcastle University School of Medicine) will be presenting a Zoom seminar to us on **Tue 22 September BST at 6pm** on the topic 'Assisted Death Provision: A duty for a GP?'
To join the discussion please email [email protected].

12/05/2026

Bruce Blackshaw, Daniel Rodger, Daniel Hurst and Christopher Bobier’s panel discussion on human bodyoids for our monthly seminar series is now available on our YouTube channel at the following link👇

Bios associate research fellow Bruce Blackshaw presents a seminar, joined by co-authors Daniel Rodger (South Bank University), Daniel Hurst (Rowan University...

05/05/2026

A gentle reminder that Bios Associate Research Fellow Bruce Blackshaw, joined by co-authors Daniel Rodger, Daniel Hurst, and Christopher Bobier will be speaking to us via Zoom on **THU 7 MAY** at 6pm BST on the topic 'Human Bodyoids: What they are and why we do not need them.'
To join the discussion please email [email protected].

14/04/2026

Dr Anthony McCarthy, the director of Bios, has a response in the 'Journal of Medical Ethics' to an article by Lawrence Masek critiquing the Dead Donor Rule as a requirement for organ donation👇

Removal of unpaired vital organs from a living donor need not involve the intention to kill. What people intend is an empirical question about individual psychology: on this, Lawrence Masek1 seems correct. It is possible for some people to intend organ harvesting which will in fact be lethal or muti...