Gene editing: 5 things you need to know about the government’s reforms

摘要

DEFRA has announced plans to relax the regulation of gene edited crops to ‘cut red tape’ forresearch and enable commercial growing in England. Here’s what you need to know. Gene editing is a scientific tool which allows changes to be made to a plant or animal, which could have occurrednaturally or through conventional breeding, but more quickly and with greater precision.