The HFEA’s Horizon Scanning process is an early warning system that identifies new scientific and clinical developments that may impact on the field of assisted reproduction or embryo research.

The majority of the techniques examined in the Horizon Scanning Panel’s annual report are a long way from being offered in clinics.

However, it is useful for the HFEA to be aware of them so that we have time to consider the legal, ethical and scientific implications of the use of these techniques, prior to an application being received by a licence committee for their use in research or treatment.

• Annual report 2009/10 (700 Kb)
  Scientific Horizon Scanning at the HFEA
• Annual report 2008/09 (555Kb)
  Scientific Horizon Scanning at the HFEA
• Annual report 2007/08 (616Kb)
  Scientific Horizon Scanning at the HFEA
• Annual report 2006/07 (913Kb)
  Scientific Horizon Scanning at the HFEA
• Horizon scanning panel

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