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The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) ensures that human tissue is used safely and ethically, and with proper consent. It regulates organisations that remove, store and use tissue for research, medical treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching and display in public. It approves...
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
This page provides background information on public bodies and gives guidance to departments.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HEFA) oversees the use of gametes and embryos in fertility treatment and research. It licenses fertility clinics and centres carrying out in vitro fertilisation (IVF), other assisted conception procedures and human embryo research. HFEA...
Check the tariff classification for stuffed toys.
What you need to know before you can place a medical device on the Great Britain market with a UKCA mark.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
This publication is designed to set the foundation for more detailed research and development on human augmentation.
Estimates the potential effect of increases in human weight, caused by rising BMI and height, on future calorie requirements
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Guidance for hospitals, tissue establishments and fertility clinics for ensuring the quality and safety of human organs, tissues and cells (including reproductive cells).
The British Museum (BM) was the first national public museum in the world. Its permanent collection, over 8 million works, is amongst the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from every continent, illustrating and documenting the story of...
An initiative for companies committed to integrating 10 corporate responsibility principles in their business operations and strategies.
Practical materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff to teach about the changing adolescent body, including puberty.
Check the tariff classification for the unassembled parts to be implanted into the human body for different spinal treatments.
Information on Bartonella and how to obtain diagnostic and reference services.
The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) advises ministers on the safety, efficacy and quality of medicinal products. CHM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
Information for public health professionals about how vaccines work.
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