Whelan Agustina I, Lema Martin A
a Biotechnology Directorate , Ministry of AgroIndustry , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
b National University of Quilmes , Bernal , Argentina.
GM Crops Food. 2017 Jan 2;8(1):74-83. doi: 10.1080/21645698.2016.1271856. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
Gene editing technologies are a group of recent innovations in plant breeding using molecular biology, which have in common the capability of introducing a site-directed mutation or deletion in the genome. The first cases of crops improved with these technologies are approaching the market; this has raised an international debate regarding if they should be regulated as genetically modified crops or just as another form of mutagenesis under conventional breeding. This dilemma for policymakers not only entails issues pertaining safety information and legal/regulatory definitions. It also demands borrowing tools developed in the field of social studies of science and technology, as an additional basis for sound decision making.
基因编辑技术是利用分子生物学在植物育种方面的一组最新创新技术，它们的共同特点是能够在基因组中引入定点突变或缺失。首批利用这些技术改良的作物正接近上市阶段；这引发了一场国际辩论，即它们应被作为转基因作物进行监管，还是仅作为传统育种下诱变的另一种形式。政策制定者面临的这一困境不仅涉及安全信息和法律/监管定义等问题。它还需要借鉴科学技术社会研究领域开发的工具，作为做出明智决策的额外依据。
