Foundation for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS
Ein molekulares Skalpell für Eingriffe am Erbgut: Chancen und Risiken des Genome Editings (in German)
Genome Editing – auch «Genomchirurgie» genannt – nutzt den zelleigenen Reparaturmechanismus am Genom, um dieses zu verändern. Damit ermöglicht es präzisere Eingriffe in die Erbsubstanz als die herkömmliche Gentechnik. Die hier vorliegende Kurzfassung basiert auf einer wissenschaftlichen Studie, die im Auftrag von TA-SWISS durchgeführt wurde.
Authors: Alexander Lang, Armin Spök, Malte Gruber, Dominik
Harrer, Caroline Hammer, Florian Winkler, Lukas
Kaelin, Helmut Hönigmayer, Andrea Sommer, Milena
Wuketich, Michael Fuchs, Erich Griessler
Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+
Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation
Wuelser G, Edwards P (2025)
Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation
Swiss Academies Reports 20 (4)Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+
Ethical guidelines for animal experiments
The Swiss Animal Welfare Act permits the use of animals for certain scientific purposes; at the same time, however, it requires that the dignity of animals be respected and their welfare protected. For researchers, reconciling these various societal interests can be challenging. The ethical guidelines for animal experiments (2025) are designed to clarify the margin of discretion left by the legislation and to encourage researchers to reflect on the handling of animals in their experiments. The decisive factors for updating the previous version from 2005 were new scientific knowledge and research methods on the one hand, as well as changes in the legal framework on the other.
