Permanent Senate Commission on Genetic Research

Online Publications

• Recommendations on Reducing Bureaucracy and Harmonising the Implementation of Genetic Engineering Legislation in Relation to Genetic Engineering Activities at Safety Level S1, 2024 (in German only)(Download)
• Positioning "In support of a timely and state-of-the-art regulation of the products of new breeding techniques as a contribution to tackling multiple crises in the 21st century", 2023(Download)
• Towards a scientifically justified, differentiated regulation of genome edited plants in the EU (in German and English), 2019(Download)
• Statement on the position of the National Ethics Council – “Interventions in the human germline”, 2019 (in German only)(Download)
• Position Paper Synthetic Biology (in German and English), 2018(Download)
• Human genome sequencing – challenges to responsible use in science (in German only), 2016(Download)
• The opportunities and limits of genome editing (in German and English), 2015(Download)
• Scientific Freedom and Scientific - Responsibility Recommendations for Handling Security-Relevant Research, 2014(Download)
• Code of Conduct: Working with Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms and Toxins, 2013(Download)
• Statement "Do Interpretations of the ECJ Judgment on Embryos Affect Stem Cell Research?", 2011(Download)
• Statement on the Debate Surrounding a Biobank Law (in German only), 2011(Download)
• Statement "Synthetic Biology" (in German and English), 2009(Download)
• Recommendations for Working with Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms and Toxins (in German only), 2008(Download)
• Stem Cell Research in Germany – Possibilities and Perspectives (in German only), 2006(Download)
• Summary and Recommendations by the DFG on Stem Cell Research in Germany – Possibilities and Perspectives (in German only), 2006(Download)
• Developement of Gene Therapy, 2006(Download)
• Predictive genetic diagnosis. Scientific background, practical and social implementation. Memorandum by the Senate Commission on Genetic Research, 2003(Download)
• Genetic Engineering and Food, 2001(Download)

Print Publications (in German only)

• Predictive Genetic Diagnostics, 2003
• Recommendations by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on Research Involving Human Stem Cells, 2001
• Human Genome Research and Predictive Genetic Diagnostics: Possibilities – Boundaries - Consequences, 1999
• Genetic Research and Patenting, 1996
• Genetic Engineering and Food, 1996
• Planning and Executing Clinical Trials in Somatic Cell and Gene Therapy in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1995

The updated German/English print version was published in April 2007 by the Wiley-Verlag under the following title: 

• Stem Cell Research in Germany – Possibilities and Perspectives(externer Link)

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Publications Concerning the Work of the Senate Commission on Genetic Research

Online Publications

• Statement on the Destruction of a GM Field Trial in Gießen (in German only), 2006(Download)
• Statement “Research into the Safety of Green Genetic Engineering Must Not be Blocked” (in German only), 2005(Download)
• Statement on the Draft Legislation to Reform the Law on Genetic Engineering, 2004(Download)
• Statement "Genetic Engineering Laws" (in German only), 2004(Download)
• Statement "Genetic Engineering and Food" (in German only), 2001(Download)

Print Publications (in German only)

• Statement on Human Embryonic Stem Cell, 1999
• Statement on Perspectives in Genome Research, 1999