Advocates claim that synthetic biology and new breeding techniques are distinct from genetic engineering whereas in fact, they carry similar risks to old-style GE and may even create new ones. Thus, they should require more, rather than less, scrutiny. […]
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Two new briefings from the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) focus on the new GM technologies and their associated uncertainties and risks. […] The organic movement is expanding its stand on the exclusion of GM from organic systems, to include new technologies like synthetic biology and new plant breeding techniques. […] EU and US consumers call for products derived from new genetic engineering techniques to be regulated and labeled as GMOs. […] Parties to the CBD have made progress in the global governance and oversight of synthetic biology. However, progress on risk assessment work under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has stalled. […] Negotiators at the CBD meeting in Cancun, Mexico are working to resolve tough issues surrounding how to share benefits from the use of genetic sequence data from plants, animals, microbes and other biodiversity. […] NThis Biosafety Briefing focuses on GM crops engineered to utilise RNA interference. Such GMOs present a unique set of risks as compared with those generated with classical transgenic approaches. […] This Biosafety Briefing examines the biosafety aspects of genome-editing techniques, including the CRISPR system. […] This briefing paper outlines the 5 key actions that need to be taken by Parties to the CBD and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in order to ensure that there is adequate international oversight of synthetic biology. […] At the 2016 World Conservation Congress, members of IUCN, including NGOs, governments, and scientific/academic institutions, voted to adopt a de facto moratorium on research into gene drives until the IUCN has fully assessed their impacts. […] |
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