Two scientists, Vladimir and Estragon, chat every afternoon in the coffee room next to their lab, venting their frustration at the EU’s delay in unfettering gene editing of farm crops. Days and weeks and years fly by; nothing happens. Vladimir exclaims they must act, given the world’s need for drought and disease-tolerant crops. Echoing Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot, he shouts, “Let us make the most of it before it is too late!” Vladimir’s cry of despair may finally be heard.