Nuffield Council on Bioethics – Genome Editing

3 Feb 2016

GM Freeze responded to a Nuffield Council on Bioethics call for evidence on Genome Editing: http://nuffieldbioethics.org/project/genome-editing/open-call-for-evidence/

Genome editing shares many of the same risks as GM, while also presenting new problems. There is much that can go wrong and it is vital that new techniques are subject to proper regulation, traceability and end-product labelling.

People have a wide range of ethical concerns about genetic engineering and it is vital that these are properly considered. Individuals without the advantage of a technically accurate vocabulary must be heard and understood.

More on this issue under Why a Freeze / New GM techniques in the menu above (sorry, there’s a glitch on links in this part of the website)