Gene editing is a form of genetic modification and is the process by which the DNA sequence of an organism is modified or deleted. This is normally carried out to obtain desirable effects, such as the ...

Current EU legislation means that new breeding techniques, of which gene editing is a primary example, are treated the same as all other form of genetic modification. This makes is extremely difficult ...

Crops directly feed us or animals we keep for food. They are commonly cereals, fruit and vegetables. We can change (or modify) crops in two key ways - selective breeding and genetic modification. A ...