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ACRE advice: application for a clinical study of genetically modified Neisseria lactamica (25/R50/01)

ACRE's advice on an application for a clinical study of genetically modified Neisseria lactamica.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 1 October 2025

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ACRE advice: application for a clinical study of genetically modified Neisseria lactamica (25/R50/01)

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This document is the advice of the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) to government on an application from the University of Southampton to carry out a clinical study of genetically modified Neisseria lactamica.  

The committee advised that the risks to human health and the environment from this study are extremely low.

Published 1 October 2025