Ethical Governance of Biological and Biomedical Research: Chinese - European Co-operation

The BIONET project in its current format has now drawn to a close. Over the last three years, BIONET has organised events in Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha, Xi'an, Shenzhen and London focusing on issues of ethical governance in advanced biological and biomedical research, especially as regards Chinese-European bioscience collaboration. These events have covered the topics of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Stem Cell Research, Clinical Trials and  Biobanking.

BIONET's final report is now available for download. The report outlines four spheres or layers of governance related to the ethical governance of Sino-European life science research collaborations: ethical deliberation, ethical regulation, ethical oversight and ethical interaction.

The BIONET project has also produced a textbook edited by Dr. Ole Doering, which is now available for download. The textbook brings together many of the presentations and insights from the three years of the BIONET project, including the work of the BIONET exchange students, and also contains a set of the relevant laws, regulations and guidelines governing research in this area.

Workshop and conference reports and other related publications from each of BIONET's six events are available here.

The BIONET Expert Group's recommendations for best practice in the ethical governance of Sino-European biological and biomedical research collaborations are currently being finalised following feedback received at BIONET's final conference in early September 2009 and will appear on this website once they are published.

Finally, the latest and previous issues of BIONET Update are also available for download.

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