File Genetic engineering
This file of the Forum for Genetic Research provides an overview of up-to-date developments in the field of new genetic engineering methods.
The forum provides decision-makers, media representatives, teachers and other interested persons with the most important synthesis reports, position papers and other publications relevant to Switzerland, as well as event information from universities, research-oriented institutions, authorities and internationally recognised bodies.
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On 29 April 2021, the European Commission published a study regarding the status of New Genomic Techniques under Union law.
Image: Valery Evlakhov, stock.adobe.comAus Sicht der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz ist die geltende Gentechnikgesetzgebung nicht mehr zeitgemäss. Sie regen dazu an, möglichst rasch neue Regulierungsoptionen zu erarbeiten und breit zu diskutieren. Hauptziel sollte es sein, die Chancen neuer gentechnischer Verfahren verantwortungsvoll und inklusiv für die Schweizer Pflanzenzüchtung und Landwirtschaft nutzbar zu machen.
Gene drives are genetic elements that skew the pattern of inheritance of a given characteristic in sexually reproduc- ing organisms. They can be used to spread a characteristic that can alter or even reduce the numbers of individuals in wild populations of a certain species.
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