Genetic Editing

The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred to April 15 the hearing on pleas against the validity of the Centre's 2022 decision granting conditional approval on the environmental release of genetically modified (GM) mustard crop. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ujjal Bhuyan adjourned the matter after attorney general R Venkataramani sought time to argue the matter. Venkataramani said a series of discussions at the highest level of the government were underway. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, submitted the special bench was directed long ago to hear the matter on Thursday and sought to argue. The top court, however, said it wanted to hear the matter at length without any discontinuity. The matter was then posted for hearing on April 15 and 16. On July 23, 2024, the apex court delivered a split verdict on the validity of the Centre's 2022 decision granting conditional approval for environmental release of GM mustard crop. It, however, ...

It said the government has been disingenuously arguing that DU's GM Mustard, which has used the bar-barnase-barstar technology in the name of pollination control, is not herbicide tolerant

New Delhi has given environmental clearance to a genetically modified mustard crop, which promises to boost yields by as much as 28%

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He Jiankui from the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen said he edited the DNA of seven embryos being used for fertility treatment

A Chinese scientist claims to have successfully employed the gene-editing technology for the birth of twin girls

He Jiankui had told a packed biomedical conference he was 'proud' to have successfully altered the DNA of twin girls born to an HIV-positive father

Porcine organs can be the right size for human transplantation