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Biosafety Virtual Library Resources (VLR)
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last updated: 21 Oct 2025

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Biosafety Technical Series 07: Additional voluntary guidance materials to support case-by-case risk assessments of living modified organisms containing engineered gene drives
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Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)   BCH-ORG-SCBD-101441-1
  • UN and other specialized agency of the UN Common System
2025-10
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Table of contents: (1) Objective and scope; (2) Introduction; (3) Engineered gene drives; (4) General risk assessment considerations for living modified organisms containing engineered gene drives; (5) Recommendation of acceptability of risk and identification of risk management strategies; (6) Monitoring; and (7) Related issues. Annexes: I (Further information on modelling); II (Further information on uncertainty); III (World Health Organization guidance framework for testing genetically modified mosquitoes; IV (Taxonomic classification of the Culicidae (mosquitoes)); V (Non-exhaustive list of mosquito vectors of diseases); VI (Current landscape for development of living modified mosquitoes containing engineered gene drives for disease vector control); VII (Engineered gene drive systems); and VIII (List of terms).
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  • GBF-T17. Strengthen biosafety and distribute benefits of biotechnology
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Additional Information
Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian versions of Biosafety Technical Series 07 are forthcoming.
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