美國FDA表示，近年來出現(xiàn)了改變植物等生物基因的基因技術(shù)。產(chǎn)生DNA序列改變的過程稱為基因修飾。這項技術(shù)通過基因修飾使得開發(fā)新植物物種變得更為容易。開發(fā)者利用DNA基因信息，改變DNA序列進(jìn)而改變在植物中性狀的表達(dá)。
部分原文報道如下：
The Food and Drug Administration （FDA or we） is announcing the establishment of a docket to receive comments on the use of genome editing techniques to produce new plant varieties that are used for human or animal food. We invite comment on specific questions contained in this document related to foods derived from such genome edited plant varieties. FDA is taking this action to help inform our thinking about foods derived from new plant varieties produced using genome editing techniques.
原文鏈接：https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00840/genome-editing-in-new-plant-varieties-used-for-foods-request-for-comments
