13 Aug 2024

NZ has outdated rules on gene technology - scientist

From Checkpoint, 5:25 pm on 13 August 2024

The government believes lifting the nearly thirty year moratorium on gene technology outside of the lab will bring productivity and climate gains for New Zealand and also health advances, like gene therapies for cancer. It plans to introduce a dedicated regulator to oversee applications to use gene tech - by the end of the year. Professor Mike Bunce speaks to Lisa Owen.