EU’s new gene-editing rules open the door for CRISPR

The EU has relaxed its rules on gene-editing. Now, only some gene-edited crops are regulated by the stringent GMO directive. Those that are not are, with a few caveats, more or less regulated like conventional crops, according to Mewburn Ellis's Ben Tolley. This could provide opportunities for CRISPR, since crops using the innovative gene-editing technique were before this regulated under the EU's GMO regulation.