In March 2023, Dr Malcolm Burns, Head of the GMO Analytical Unit at the National Measurement Laboratory at LGC presented presented at the International Conference on GMO and New Genomic Techniques on 'Analytical strategies for detection of GMO's and NGT products- status and challenges'. The presentation explored some of the opportunities and challenges for the development of methods for the detection of NGT products.
You can now view Malcolm's presentation here.
Note: all information given in the presentation was correct at the time of the presentation in March 2023.
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A new POSTnote on genome edited food crops has been published by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology with contributions from Dr Malcolm Burns (Head of LGC's GMO unit), Dr Julian Braybrook and our Executive Director, Selvarani Elahi MBE.
◼ The Government is proposing that genomeedited crop plants are exempted from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) regulations, provided the genetic changes could occur naturally or via existing conventional breeding techniques.
◼ Genome editing can manipulate DNA atspecific positions in the genome to shorten timeframes for plant breeding of useful traits. This process can lead to unintended alterations of the genome, but these may be fewer than for conventional breeding.
◼ Some stakeholders believe this regulation change for genome-edited food crops could provide health and environmental benefits and make use of UK-funded research.
◼ Key issues for public acceptance and trust of genome-edited crops are tightly bound to transparency and how the public view potential risks and benefits.
Read the full POSTnote.
