Position Statement of the ZKBS on the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 Initial situation Proposal of the European Commission Position…
Genome Editing - Impact of European Court of Justice (ECJ) Judgment on Plant Breeding Update Click here for the December 2018 feature topic New Genetic Engineering Law Adopted On June 17, 2026, the European Parliament—the last institution of the European Union to do…
Synthetic Biology Synthetic Biology - An Overview What is Synthetic Biology? Key Research Areas of Synthetic Biology Statutory Regulation of Synthetic Biology Research Trends and Social Discussion Synthetic Biology - An Overview For thousands of years, humans have…
Synthetic Biology Synthetic Biology is a dynamic field of research with an application-related focus to which contributions are made from disciplines that have a biological, technical and information processing emphasis. The main research fields and goals of…
Glossary From A to Z: The glossary explains the technical terms and foreign words that appear on the ZKBS website and in its publications. Glossary of the ZKBS Whilst reading our web pages and our many other publications, you may encounter terminology and foreign…
Erklärung zur Barrierefreiheit Diese Erklärung zur Barrierefreiheit gilt für die Internetseite www.zkbs-online.de Barrierefreiheit dieser Internetseiten Das ZKBS ist bemüht, die Internetseiten www.zkbs-online.de barrierefrei zugänglich zu machen. Rechtsgrundlage sind…
European Biosafety Advisory Boards The 9th Meeting of the European Advisory Committees on Biosafety (MEACB) took place in Berlin in November 2019. During this meeting, the majority of the safety committees present agreed that there is a need to change the European…
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Viruses Statements on viruses A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Adeno-associated viruses from primates and derived vectors (updated 2024) [PDF, 392 KB] Adenovirus from Primates_gene transfer with (updated 2025) (not accessible) [PDF, 899 KB]…
