Tag Archives: gene-editing

A recently published study in Nature Genetics shows that the use of CRISPR/Cas ‘gene scissors’ causes unintended genetic changes that are different...

An expert opinion on the risks of new GM plants from the French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) has finally...

Recent scientific findings have revealed chromothripsis-like effects after the application of CRISPR/Cas gene editing in the genome of tomatoes, reports...

For decades genetically engineered foods (GMOs) on sale in Britain have required a label. This label alerts consumers to the presence of genetically engineered...

Documents released by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by Beyond GM,...

Green MEPs Benoît Biteau and Martin Häusling have released a new report stating that new GM technology won’t solve the problems of industrial agriculture...

In response to a civil society appeal for UK supermarkets to back strong regulation of new gene-edited crops and animals, the Co-op has made a clear statement...

In January, twenty-six environmental organizations in Italy launched a powerful campaign that prevented the government from passing four bills inspired...

A group of non-governmental organisations, non-GMO food associations and a food retailer have announced that the first-ever public detection method for...

In June GMWatch reported on a study in which CRISPR gene editing was used to alter human embryos. The study found that around half of the edited embryos...