Existing rules cover gene-drive usage

January 14, 2018/in Scholarly Literature

Existing rules cover gene-drive usage

Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Risk and safety
Strassheim, SS, W., Nature, 554:169. 2018.

Gene-drive technology is not; unregulated, as you imply; (Nature 552, 6; 2017). Because; it involves genetically modified; (GM) organisms, it is covered in; countries that have regulations; on gene modification and; internationally by the Cartagena; Protocol on Biosafety.