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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to register 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable
under the 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, of our report dated February 22,
2000, except as to the third paragraph of Note 12 for which the date is April
3, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements, which appears in
Genzyme Transgenics Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended January 2, 2000. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of
our report dated February 22, 2000, relating to the financial statements of
ATIII LLC which also appear in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
\S\ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 31, 2000
