Policy Considerations Regarding Genome Editing

Trends Biotechnol. 2019 Oct;37(10):1029-1032. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.05.005. Epub 2019 Jun 19.

Abstract

The international Organisation for Economic and Co-operative Development (OECD) conference on genome editing (June 2018) provided a timely platform for scientists, risk assessors, policy-makers, and regulators to discuss the applications and implications of this technology in various agriculture areas and the related policy considerations; in addition questions related to appropriate safety assessments and the regulation of genome-edited products were debated.

Keywords: biotechnology; genome editing; safety assessment; technology regulation; trade and agriculture.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Agriculture / methods*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Breeding
  • Crops, Agricultural / genetics
  • Food Safety*
  • Gene Editing / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
  • Plants, Genetically Modified / genetics
  • Public Opinion
  • Risk Factors