The principles for the safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) organisms (GMOs) are harmonised worldwide to a large extent. There are, however, still differences between the European GMO regulations and the GMO regulations as they have been formulated in other parts of the world. One of these differences relates to the so-called 'stacked GM events', that is, GMOs, plants so far, where ne...

Ontology matching is an important task to achieve interoperation between semantic web applications using different ontologies. Structural similarity plays a central role in ontology matching. However, the existing approaches rely heavily on lexical similarity, and they mix up lexical similarity with structural similarity. In this paper, we present a graph matching approach for ontologies, calle...

This introductory paper gathers general considerations on the biosafety of virus-derived vectors that are used in human gene therapy and/or vaccination. The importance to assess the potential risks for human health and the environment related to the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in this case genetically modified viral vectors is highlighted by several examples. This environmental ...

Abstract The effects of site symmetric distortion induced by the phase transition on up‐conversion emission and thermal sensing performance Gd 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 :Yb 3+ /Er (GMO) crystals were elaborately studied minimizing interference from many factors. Monoclinic GMO showed a much stronger fluorescence intensity larger ratio under irradiation 980 nm laser in comparison to orthorhombic counterpart....

The detection and exact quantification of the presence of GMOs (genetically modified organisms, also named as living modified organisms, LMOs) grains has become very important in international commercial transactions, especially from countries producing both types of commodities, GMOs and GMO-free. This makes necessary to check every batch previous delivery to the recipient country. Several PCR...

Prominent scientists and policymakers assert with confidence that there is no scientific controversy over the health effects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—that genetically modified crops currently in commercial use and those yet to be commercialized are inherently safe for human consumption and do not have to be tested. Those who disagree are cast as ‘‘GMO deniers.’’ This article exa...