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Social acceptance for commercialization of genetically modified food animals

Genetically modified food animals (GMFAs) are needed to address early the cumulative effects of livestock production on the environment, and to accommodate future food demands. In 2020 China and the USA, the world's two largest economies, embarked on regulatory reforms to boost the commercializ...

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Autores principales: Fan, Ziyao, Mu, Yulian, Sonstegard, Tad, Zhai, Xiaomei, Li, Kui, Hackett, Perry B, Zhu, Zuoyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8363318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34691713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab067
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author Fan, Ziyao
Mu, Yulian
Sonstegard, Tad
Zhai, Xiaomei
Li, Kui
Hackett, Perry B
Zhu, Zuoyan
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Mu, Yulian
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description Genetically modified food animals (GMFAs) are needed to address early the cumulative effects of livestock production on the environment, and to accommodate future food demands. In 2020 China and the USA, the world's two largest economies, embarked on regulatory reforms to boost the commercialization of such animals. However, gaining social acceptance of GMFAs for commercialization remains a global challenge. We propose a framework that focuses on social license for commercialization of GMFAs by defining four classes of improvement using precision genetics: (1) animals equivalent to natural variation to obtain the improved effect of cross-breeding (ENV); (2) animals with an inactivated gene that could occur via natural mutation (ENC−); (3) animals harboring a natural genetic sequence isolated from another species (ENC+); and (4) animals with synthetic sequences encoding novel genes (BNE). Our approach can guide regulators and the public to support orderly commercialization of GMFAs.
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spelling pubmed-83633182021-10-21 Social acceptance for commercialization of genetically modified food animals Fan, Ziyao Mu, Yulian Sonstegard, Tad Zhai, Xiaomei Li, Kui Hackett, Perry B Zhu, Zuoyan Natl Sci Rev Science Policy Genetically modified food animals (GMFAs) are needed to address early the cumulative effects of livestock production on the environment, and to accommodate future food demands. In 2020 China and the USA, the world's two largest economies, embarked on regulatory reforms to boost the commercialization of such animals. However, gaining social acceptance of GMFAs for commercialization remains a global challenge. We propose a framework that focuses on social license for commercialization of GMFAs by defining four classes of improvement using precision genetics: (1) animals equivalent to natural variation to obtain the improved effect of cross-breeding (ENV); (2) animals with an inactivated gene that could occur via natural mutation (ENC−); (3) animals harboring a natural genetic sequence isolated from another species (ENC+); and (4) animals with synthetic sequences encoding novel genes (BNE). Our approach can guide regulators and the public to support orderly commercialization of GMFAs. Oxford University Press 2021-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8363318/ /pubmed/34691713 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab067 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mu, Yulian
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Zhai, Xiaomei
Li, Kui
Hackett, Perry B
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Social acceptance for commercialization of genetically modified food animals
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8363318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34691713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab067
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