Konstantin Shestibratov, a biotechnologist from the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry… shared with the RIA “Novosti” his thoughts about how the recently passed ban on the import and cultivation of GMOs affect the work of scientists.
The Government has recently adopted a number of regulations that restrict or prohibit the use of GMOs. What is the impact such bans on the development of genetics and molecular biology in the long term?
– In the long term, these changes are, of course, will be negative. Yes, the law, or rather amendments to the law in 1996, left us to do science, but there is a problem. Any research that take place in Russia today, we need to practice, that is, they must have some application output.
If you take the Ministry of Education projects that they have all applied research – all of them must produce some technology, or method that has particular application. All projects must be an industrial partner, domestic or foreign, who will implement it in production and implement its results in practice.
…[I]f we submit a project on GMOs, we will not work, because we simply do not find a partner…
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Read original post in Russian: Ученый: в “мифологизации” ГМО виноваты и СМИ, и политики
