As Australia is poised to become one of the first countries in the world to deregulate several new genetic modification techniques in animals, a new report highlights the urgent need for safety assessment and regulatory oversight. The Federal Government has tabled...
Scientists from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have discovered that cattle gene edited not to grow horns unexpectedly contain bacterial DNA. These include complete DNA sequences that confer antibiotic resistance. The study demonstrates how risky the Federal...
Changes to the Gene Technology Regulations currently tabled in Federal Parliament will allow genetically modified (GM) wheat to be released in Australia with no safety assessment or traceability. The changes will leave the use of gene editing techniques such as CRISPR...
Changes to the Gene Technology Regulations tabled in Federal Parliament threaten to undermine Australia’s status as the world leader in organic food production. The decision would leave the majority of new CRISPR and other gene editing applications unregulated. It...
Responses to Gene Ethics’ election questionnaire show major policy differences between political parties on how new methods of genetic modification (GM) such as CRISPR should be regulated. Bob Phelps, the Executive Director of Gene Ethics, says “The Australian Greens,...