EXHIBIT 23.3

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan of Genzyme
Corporation for the registration of 7,200,000 shares of Genzyme General
Division common stock and 313,742 shares of Genzyme Biosurgery Division
common stock of our report dated February 22, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. included in
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                      /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
January 11, 2002