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Citizen StakeholdersLegislation & RegulationPlant & Animal Breeding

The uncomfortable truth about GMOs and co-existence

A new report suggests that while plant breeders of all kinds support the idea of ‘working together’ – there are few practical or regulatory pathways for achieving ‘co-existence’

Citizen StakeholdersLegislation & RegulationPlant & Animal BreedingScience & Technology

We need to talk about CRISPR

We need an active public debate on the ethics of gene editing technology to realise its potential and prevent it being used in nefarious ways.

Legislation & Regulation

New UK regulations on genetically engineered foods

As the UK prepares to leave the EU vast amounts of legislation are being transferred, via Statutory Instruments (SIs), from EU law to the UK. Amongst these are regulations relating […]

Legislation & RegulationPlant & Animal BreedingSustainability

Continuing the dialogue on organic and GMOs

Following our panel discussion ‘Can Organic GMOs ever be a ‘thing’? held at Natural and Organic Products Europe in London in April, two of our panellists continued their discussion and […]

Plant & Animal Breeding

FDA Finds Unexpected Antibiotic Resistance Genes in ‘Gene-Edited’ Dehorned Cattle

Gene-editing is seen by many as the ultimate in precision breeding. Polled cattle, whose horns have been genetically removed, have been presented as exemplars of this–a socially beneficial use of […]

Citizen StakeholdersConservationScience & TechnologySustainability

Rewriting nature?

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 & RegulationScience & Technology

Scientists call for a moratorium on heritable human gene-editing

A group of 18 scientists and bioethicists from seven countries has called for a “global moratorium” on all clinical uses of human germline editing to ‘re-engineer’ humans.

Legislation & RegulationPlant & Animal Breeding

Are gene-edited animals drugs?

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.

Plant & Animal BreedingSustainability

A need to put farmers back into the discussion

Although not directly about genetic engineering in food and farming the article brings up pertinent themes about control of narrative, and therefore practice, regarding the use of antimicrobials in farming – and the need for a more inclusive conversation around the issues.

Legislation & RegulationScience & TechnologySustainability

What care ethics can bring to the GMO conversation

How do we deal with the increasing polarisation in the GMO debate? Care ethics, a theme coming from ecofeminism, allows, according to the authors, to assess technologies “not simply as devices designed to create a certain end experience for a user, but as transformative systems that smuggle in numerous social and political interests”

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