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BaSyC PI John van der Oost (WUR) featured in a television programme on CRISPR-Cas 29 March 2018 In the TV-program “Tegenlicht”, John talks about his pioneering work in the development of CRISPR-Cas. With this new technology we can literally cut and paste into DNA. This revolutionary development can have major consequences for ...
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Hub Zwart featured in Dutch newspaper article about Frankenstein 15 January 2018 200 years ago, Mary Shelley published her magnum opus Frankenstein. In honour of this literary milestone, Dutch quality newspaper The Volkskrant has interviewed three experts about creating life in the lab. One of them is BaSyc member Hub Zwart, ...
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COGEM publishes report “Het bionano-avontuur” (in Dutch) 5 October 2017 The Netherlands Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM) is an independent scientific advisory committee composed of scientists. COGEM provides scientific advice to the government on the risks to human health and the environment of the production and use of GMOs and informs ...
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