Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)
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CSIC researcher in molecular biology at CRAG
Chair of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) GMO Committee since July 2024
Emeritus researcher at the Centre for Research in Agrigenomics (CRAG)
President of the Committee for Research Integrity in Catalonia (CIR-CAT)
CSIC researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Agrigenómica and member of COSCE
The European Union is close to passing legislation to facilitate the use of plants edited using CRISPR, a technology that makes it possible to modify the genome of living organisms with precision. The Council of Ministers of the EU is scheduled to deliberate on this legislation on 21 April, and in this article we explain what these techniques are, their potential benefits and risks, and how they will be regulated.
An international team of researchers publishes a review of the complex environmental impacts of genetically modified crops in the journal Science. According to the study, widespread adoption by some of the world's largest agricultural countries has had mixed results for biodiversity, deforestation and human health, depending on the specific characteristics of these crops and the regions involved.
The Spanish Confederation of Scientific Societies (COSCE) has just published a report, submitted to the EU, which proposes and compares different possibilities for reform of the regulatory framework for genome editing techniques.