This article debunks the myths that genome editing is a precise, error-free and predictable technology. […]
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Synthetic biology, a controversial and fast-advancing technology, will be one of the key topics at the meeting of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that will meet in December in Cancun, Mexico. […] A standing room only side event at a recent United Nations intergovernmental biodiversity meeting highlighted recent developments in synthetic biology and its implications. […] More and more patent applications are being filed on plants and animals created using gene-editing and synthetic gene technology. This paper calls for such patents to be prohibited and for these organisms to be risk assessed and labelled. […] The EU is considering the exclusion of gene-edited plants and animals from GMO (genetically modified organism) regulations. Two scientists explore this in an article in The Ecologist (Item 1). […] Two reports on new breeding techniques in genetic engineering conclude that, contrary to industry claims, there is a scientific and legal case for classifying them as modern biotechnologies. Therefore they should not be exempt from regulation. […] An international group of scientists have called for a moratorium on inheritable human genome editing until the risks can be better assessed and there is broad societal consensus about the appropriateness of the technology. […] This report uncovers plans to use synthetic biology to move forward an industrial agenda that continues to tie farmers to pesticide-intensive production, using the rhetoric of ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture’ as a justification. […] This report predicts that as the synthetic biology industry and the extreme extraction industry move towards deeper collaboration, the biosafety risks and climate threats emanating from them will become ever more entangled. […] This report identifies knowledge gaps relating to new plant breeding techniques. Current biosafety regulations are a good base, but insufficient in themselves, to address uncertainties, so further research before commercialisation is recommended. […] |
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