Synthetic biology

On the anniversary of the Asilomar Conference (February 1975): ten measures to effectively contain the risks of genetic engineering and synthetic biology

TESTBIOTECH Background 23 - 12 - 2024

Submission of information and supporting documentation relevant to risk assessment of gene drives

TESTBIOTECH Background 15 - 3 - 2023

Submission of information and supporting documentation relevant to the trends in new technological developments in synthetic biology (horizon scanning)

TESTBIOTECH Background 15 - 3 - 2023

New GE and food plants: The disruptive impact of patents on breeders, food production and society

Deregulation of New GE: Reasonable? Proportional?

TESTBIOTECH Background 18 - 5 - 2021

The EU Commission has published a report setting out plans to change EU GMO regulation (EU Commission 2021). According to this report plants derived from New GE (new genomic techniques, genome editing), could be exempt from EU regulation if their intended characteristics are already known from conventional breeding and no transgenes have been inserted. In weiterlesen

Why ‘New GE’ needs to be regulated

Frequently Asked Questions on ‘New Genetic Engineering’ and technical backgrounds for CRISPR & Co

Genetic engineering endangers the protection of species

Why the spread of genetically engineered organisms into natural populations has to be prevented

What is (not) genetic engineering?

It is often claimed that new genetic engineering methods like CRISPR/Cas only do what continuously happens in nature anyway. Is this really true?

Overview of genome editing applications using SDN-1 and SDN-2 in regard to EU regulatory issues

New methods of genetic engineering (genome editing) and their potential impact on nature protection and the environment

Factsheet – Genetic engineering and honey bees