The Future of Gene Editing

Gene editing is a precise and targeted way of altering DNA to add, remove or modify genes in an organism. The UK law will allow this approach, as long as the result could, theoretically, have been achieved naturally. Compared to GMOs, which typically involve inserting foreign genes from a different species, gene-edited foods rely on changes that could have occurred naturally in the same or closely related species. This can make gene editing a more precise and efficient way of altering an organism's characteristics. There are already a variety of gene-edited crops and animals that have been developed or are in development right now.

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