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The Genetic Engineering Board Sweden

Gentekniknämnden

The Genetic Engineering Committee is a government authority that was established in 1994. The committee's task is to promote an ethically defensible and safe use of genetic engineering through advisory activities so that human and animal health and the environment are protected. This takes place mainly via statements to the government and authorities.

The Genetic Engineering Committee also has the task of disseminating knowledge about developments in the field of genetic engineering. The chancellery staff continuously monitors relevant research areas and publishes popular science abstracts under the Research News tab here on the website. Under the Fact areas tab, there is also a lot of information collected about genetics, genetic engineering and about which legislation regulates, for example, genetically modified organisms.

The committee consists of 15 regular members with personal substitutes. Eight are members of parliament, one from each parliamentary party. Seven members are experts in various fields, such as ethics, ecology and molecular biology. The board's chairman and vice-chairman are lawyers with judicial competence. Two research-trained geneticists work in the office.


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