Geneticist Professor Jack Heinemann of Canterbury University & Director of Centre For Integrated Research in Biosafety shares his deep concerns about NZ's rush into gene editing [genetic engineering (GE)], stating that it could easily backfire. Jack warned listeners about the powerful DNA-altering technology being fast-tracked without proper public input challenging claims that deregulation would boost NZ's economy. Instead, he argued this would mainly benefit big patent holders while exposing the environment to unforeseen risks. Tune in to hear why he thinks gene editing is an environmental risk for NZ.

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Jack recently co-authored a paper that showed unintended consequences for outdoor genome editing:

Predicted multispecies unintended effects from outdoor genome editing