title: A research program for the socioeconomic impacts of gene editing regulation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: a Biotechnology Directorate , Ministry of AgroIndustry , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b National University of Quilmes , Bernal , Argentina.|c Universidad de Buenos Aires, Maestría en Política y Gestión de la Ciencia y la Tecnología , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Agustina I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Whelan
authors.affiliation: a Biotechnology Directorate , Ministry of AgroIndustry , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b National University of Quilmes , Bernal , Argentina.
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lema
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D059022:Food Safety; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified / Q000592:standards; D000072669:Gene Editing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D033161:Government Regulation; D000069600:Plant Breeding / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: GMO regulation; NBTs; agriculture; biosafety; gene editing; genetic modification; innovation; productive and economic issues; science and technology