Genetic editing of fruits and other crops could be the way to go in biotech
progress, that is according to an article published in Trends in
Biotechnology on August 13, 2014.

According to Chidananda Nagamangala Kanchiswamy of Agrario San Michele in
Italy, one of the authors of the article, genetically edited organisms
(GEOs) do not have inserted genes from other organisms. Thus, these can be
considered as another form of genetic modification. Changes in the genes can
be employed by applying small genetic tweaks such as insertion, deletion, or
altering existing genes of interest in the plant.

Kanchiswamy is expecting that GEOs will be widely accepted by the society at
large, similar with GMOs, particularly in EU. GEOs could be considered as
nongenetically modified, depending on the interpretation of the EU
commission and member state regulators.

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