Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants?
On 5 June this year the first field trial of a CRISPR-Cas-9 gene-edited crop began at Rothamsted Research in the UK, having been approved by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. However, in late July 2018, after the trial had started, the European Court of Justice ruled that...
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| description | On 5 June this year the first field trial of a CRISPR-Cas-9 gene-edited crop began at Rothamsted Research in the UK, having been approved by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. However, in late July 2018, after the trial had started, the European Court of Justice ruled that techniques such as gene editing fall within the European Union’s 2001 GMO directive, meaning that our gene-edited Camelina plants should be considered as genetically modified (GM). Here we describe our experience of running this trial and the legal transformation of our plants. We also consider the future of European plant research using gene-editing techniques, which now fall under the burden of GM regulation, and how this will likely impede translation of publicly funded basic research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a3e0de0267542819fe6ea4617daa3142022-12-22T02:03:09ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2018-12-01710.7554/eLife.42379Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants?Jean-Denis Faure0Johnathan A Napier1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3580-3607Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, FranceDepartment of Plant Sciences, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United KingdomOn 5 June this year the first field trial of a CRISPR-Cas-9 gene-edited crop began at Rothamsted Research in the UK, having been approved by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. However, in late July 2018, after the trial had started, the European Court of Justice ruled that techniques such as gene editing fall within the European Union’s 2001 GMO directive, meaning that our gene-edited Camelina plants should be considered as genetically modified (GM). Here we describe our experience of running this trial and the legal transformation of our plants. We also consider the future of European plant research using gene-editing techniques, which now fall under the burden of GM regulation, and how this will likely impede translation of publicly funded basic research.https://elifesciences.org/articles/42379genetic modificationgene editingfield trialsscience policyCamelinaEurope |
| spellingShingle | Jean-Denis Faure Johnathan A Napier Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants? eLife genetic modification gene editing field trials science policy Camelina Europe |
| title | Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants? |
| title_full | Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants? |
| title_fullStr | Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants? |
| title_short | Europe’s first and last field trial of gene-edited plants? |
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| topic | genetic modification gene editing field trials science policy Camelina Europe |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/42379 |
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