For regulatory purposes, artificial is, hopefully, the easy bit. It can simply mean “not occurring in nature or not occurring in the same form in nature”. Here, the alternative given after the or allows for the possible future use of modified biological materials. Fortunately for would-be regulators, though, the philosophical arguments might be sidestepped, at…

For regulatory purposes, artificial is, hopefully, the easy bit. It can simply mean “not occurring in nature or not occurring in the same form in nature”. Here, the alternative given after the or allows for the possible future use of modified biological materials. Fortunately for would-be regulators, though, the philosophical arguments might be sidestepped, at…