Re: [DIYbio] Re: Cisgenic Frankenfood

Hi guys,

Back in the day, when "genetic engineering" was new in the U.S., there was a ban on engineering human DNA.  However, cloning human DNA into bacterial vectors for the purpose of using the cloned strand for another purpose, such as sequencing or expression, was specifically exempt. (Which was good, or we wouldn't have the human genome now.)  So technically by cloning you're making a transgenic, but for regulatory purposes it was exempt from the rules.   Note; this was in the U.S. and some time ago.  Maybe the EU rules have the same type of reasoning.

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