Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the effective ban on gene editing would be scrapped by the end of next year.
The existing strict regulations were set up in the late '90s and early 2000s amid widespread public concern about genetic modification, but in recent years, the scientific community has called for a rethink.
Alec Foster from BioTechNZ’s Executive Council joins Emile Donovan to discuss the development.
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