Japan: Environment Ministry Finalizes Policy for Regulating Genome Editing

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On February 8, 2019, Japan’s Ministry of Environment released its final policy for the regulation of genome editing technologies. In its policy, the ministry established the conditions under which genome edited organisms will not considered to be living modified organisms.

Japan: Environment Ministry Finalizes Policy for Regulating Genome Editing

 

 

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East Asia and the Pacific, Japan
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