Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 3/5/18


The fast-moving world of plant breeding — fueled by advances in CRISPR and other techniques — has tossed a wrench into the world’s regulatory machinery, leaving nations scrambling to keep up. Collectively referred to as New Breeding Techniques, or NBTs, these methods have resulted in uncertainty and confusion as authorities try to figure out how to apply rules designed to regulate GMOs — and if those old rules even matter when it comes to this new technology.

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