When it comes to plant and animal breeding, arguments around genetic engineering are mainly couched in political, scientific and economic terms. Yet values, ethics and worldviews play a deeply influential role in what we believe and how we interact with living systems. Here you’ll find work that explores these connections.
Published: 14-10-2022
A new public dialogue on gene edited farm animals, by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, BBSRC and Sciencewise, challenges the notion that members of the public are incapable of contributing to complex policy and regulatory discussions
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Published: 18-01-2022
A new analysis by A Bigger Conversation suggests that, in its haste to deregulate agricultural gene technologies, the UK government is “choosing to get it wrong” by ignoring expertise from all sides.
Published: 09-06-2021
The recent Defra public consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies suggested that gene editing was the same as ‘traditional plant breeding’. But, says Kathleen Garnett, if its patented its not traditional.
