The Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI)
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The Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI) aims to contribute to the increased understanding and more effective management of emerging biotechnologies.
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Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety, School of Biological Sciences,
University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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INBI part of international study on the assessment of risks from new dsRNA molecules (10 april 2013)
View the publication here: A comparative evaluation of the regulation of GM crops or products containing dsRNA and suggested improvements to risk assessments.
Update on “Evaluation of risks from creation of novel RNA molecules in genetically engineered wheat plants
and recommendations for risk assessment”
An expert opinion of Professor Jack A. Heinemann, PhD
first issued 28 August 2012
Update 21 March 2013 (PDF, 400KB)
Expert opinion on risk assessment procedures for a GM wheat (13 Sept 2012)
Professor Jack Heinemann, Director of INBI, recently provided an expert opinion on risk assessment procedures for a type of GM wheat modified to silence an enzyme involved in starch deposition. The full report, including appendixes, are available for free download.
Evaluation of risks from creation of novel RNA molecules in genetically engineered wheat plants and recommendations for risk assessment (PDF, 300KB). An expert opinion of Professor Jack A. Heinemann, PhD
28 August 2012
Appendix 1 (PDF, 240KB)
Appendix 2 (PDF, 10MB)