Research reports

Gene therapy: lessons from the past and prospects for the future with a focus on the Dutch situation

This report gives an overview of the state of the art of gene therapy. Furthermore ne...

Recombinant and chimeric viruses

Genetic engineering can be used for the production of recombinant and chimeric viruse...

Identification, evolution and spread of bacterial virulence

The Dutch ministry ‘VROM’ has commissioned a literature research project ...

Quantifying outcrossing probabilities of genetically modified plants. Development of apredictive model

Pollen viability in the field

The repport is written by dr. M. Bots and prof. dr. C. Mariani, Radboud University, N...

Pollen load on thrips and its natural ennemies

Regulation for experiments with GM crops in contained facilities such as greenhouses ...

Drivers of Consolidation in the Seed Industry and its Consequences for Innovation

The key question posed by the Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM) for this stu...

Effects of genetically modified plants on soil ecosystems

The influence of biotechnology is growing rapidly. The engineering of genetically mod...

Hybridisation and introgression between crops and wild relatives

Gene flow from genetically modified (GM) crops to their wild relatives or to other, c...