ABSTRACT
The Consumers for Ethics in Research (CERES) was set up seven years ago to publicise the views of the half a million people who every year in Britain take part in medical research. Modern medical research has many remarkable achievements. As a result hitherto irremediable conditions can now be alleviated and cured. CERES supports the testing of both new and widely used medical techniques to see if they are safe and effective. At the same time, they recognise that this means that still more research will be done on people. Research brings benefits but it can also cause harm.
