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  • 17-03-2026

    Research Report ‘Can new gene therapies result in unintended germline modification? Unveiling the frontiers: current insights and limits of testing’

    The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO) and the Netherlands...

  • 05-03-2026

    Update of the taxonomy of the fungal classifications lists of COGEM

    The taxonomy of fungi is constantly changing due to new scientific insights and techn...

  • 28-07-2023

    Pathogens of nematodes

    COGEM is often asked to classify micro-organisms in one of the four pathogenicity cla...

  • 08-12-2025

    Grey Areas in the Regulation of Green and Red Biotechnology. Towards robust legislation for rapid technological change

    Technological developments in biotechnology and genetic modification are advancing ra...

  • 19-09-2025

    Introgression from cultivated plants into their wild relatives

    The outcrossing of genetically modified (GM) plants to wild relatives, and the subseq...

  • 26-08-2024

    Advances in the application of GM phages in research, development and industry

    COGEM has commissioned a literature review to gain insight into the developments of g...

  • 10-07-2024

    Considering endogenous retroviruses present in mammalian species in environmental risk assessment

    COGEM had a literature study carried out to gain more insight in the possible environ...

  • 11-06-2024

    Marketing Patterns of Genetically Modified Food in Dutch Grocery Stores

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine created severe uncertainties for global food markets....

  • 31-01-2023

    Detection of replication competent virus formation during production and use of lenti- and gammaretroviral vectors

    COGEM commissioned research on the tests and methods that can be used to demonstrate ...

  • 18-09-2023

    Establishment and proliferation potential of cyanobacteria; properties that can inform the risk assessment

    COGEM is often asked to assess whether GM cyanobacteria could pose a risk when they w...