No, the world is not going to end now that CRISPR is GMO in Europe, but ...
Plant varieties developed with a CRISPR-modified ancestor and all food and feed produced from it now fall under the existing, extremely strict and expensive EU procedure for GMO registration.
Less bitter Belgian endive and chicory by switching off the "bitter genes" using CRISPR/Cas9 technology.
They did this by using the famous CRISPR/Cas9 technology to switch off only those genes that control the production of bitter substances in the plants.
around the optimal implementation of mitigation strategies, (iii) we create an early warning system and a scenario generation tool for training purposes and (iv) we develop portable point-of-care test devices and smart wearables for first line screening.ILVO is responsible for the (technical) testing and valorization of point-of-care tests (PCR and CRISPR-CAS