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'Cisgenic' as a product designation

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In their recent articles in July issue (Nat. Biotechnol. 24, 753, 2006) and EMBO Reports1, Schouten et al. propose a rationale for a new subcategory of genetically modified (GM) plants. This new category should, in their view, be regulated not according to the rules applied to transgenics, but instead, no differently from the products of conventional breeding. This is a well-intended and clever proposal; but in my opinion, too clever by half. And although the last thing any reasonable person should discourage is anything that would get Europe out of the regulatory/political quagmire of a corner into which it has painted itself, this is a dog that won't hunt.

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  1. Schouten, H.J., Krens, F.A. & Jacobsen, E. EMBO Rep. 7, 750–753 (2006).

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