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Author: Pat Thomas

Legislation & RegulationScience & Technology

Frankenfoods – Chewing Over a Polarised Debate

Published: 18-12-2024

In 2024 we briefly considered – but rejected – a cheeky suggestion to bring back the provocative term ‘Frankenfoods’. The days of that kind of polemic may have passed but, as we note in our year-end reflection, the story of the Modern Prometheus still has something to teach us about foresight and accountability.

Citizen StakeholdersLegislation & Regulation

The Public Wants Gene-editing Regulated – The Government Should Listen

Published: 01-06-2022

Anything can happen between now and the final version of the new Precision Breeding Bill. But government seems to have taken to heart the suggestion from last year’s Regulatory Horizons Council report to apply “creative use of guidelines, standards [and] policies” to see if it’s possible to get it right (or get away with it).

Legislation & RegulationPlant & Animal BreedingScience & Technology

Can a new method for detecting a new gene-edited plant ensure product traceability, labelling and consumer trust?

Published: 16-11-2020

In September of this year, the first-ever public detection method for a gene-edited crop was announced. The new method detects a herbicide-tolerant (SU) rapeseed variety that was developed using gene […]

ConservationPlant & Animal BreedingSustainability

Transferring the laboratory to the wild

Published: 04-11-2019

A new briefing from the Third World Network Biosafety Information Service spotlights the emerging use of new genetic engineering techniques such as genome editing and new delivery techniques as a […]

Citizen StakeholdersConservationScience & TechnologySustainability

Rewriting nature?

Published: 16-05-2019

Synthetic biology – altering or redesigning genes to meet human objectives – is a fast-developing field. So far mostly applied in agriculture and medicine, synthetic biology could have substantial knock-on […]

Legislation & RegulationPlant & Animal Breeding

Are gene-edited animals drugs?

Published: 27-02-2019

How do we regulate gene-edited animals? It’s not a new question but it’s one that is gaining urgency as biotechnology companies turn their attention to intentional alterations in animal genomes.

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