Ethical and legal implications of gene editing in plant breeding: a systematic literature review.

Siti Hafsyah IDRIS; Nurzatil Sharleeza MAT JALALUDDIN; Lee Wei CHANG; 立 纬 曾

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Ethical and legal implications of gene editing in plant breeding: a systematic literature review.

Author: Siti Hafsyah IDRIS ¹ ; Nurzatil Sharleeza MAT JALALUDDIN ² ; Lee Wei CHANG ¹ ; 立纬曾 ³
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1. Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Sarjana 1/2, Shah Alam 40450, Selangor, Malaysia.
2. Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), Level 3, Research Management and Innovation Complex, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. nurzatil@um.edu.my.
3. Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, Level 1, High Impact Research Building, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Consequentialism; Ethical and legal issues; Gene editing; Plant breeding; Systematic literature review; Virtue ethics principles
From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2023;():1-13
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Biotechnology policies and regulations must be revised and updated to reflect the most recent advances in plant-breeding technology. New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBT) such as gene editing have been applied to address the myriad of challenges in plant breeding, while the use of NPBT as emerging biotechnological tools raises legal and ethical concerns. This study aims to highlight how gene editing is operationalized in the existing literature and examine the critical issues of ethical and legal issues of gene editing for plant breeding. We carried out a systematic literature review (SLR) to provide the current states of ethical and legal discourses surrounding this topic. We also identified critical research priority areas and policy gaps that must be addressed when designing the future governance of gene editing in plant breeding.