Japan: Japan Discusses Genome Editing Technology

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On August 7, 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) committee met for the first time to discuss handling of genome editing technology under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Committee members agreed that “Site-directed nucleases-1” should not be regulated under the existing genetic engineering regulation. Other types of modification will be discussed in the coming months before the committee concludes its opinion by the end of October 2018.

Japan: Japan Discusses Genome Editing Technology

 

 

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East Asia and the Pacific, Japan

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