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What's a gene drive Risk Bites Andrew Maynard.mp4

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Published on 22 Jun 2020 / In News and Politics

A gene drive is a radical new way of re-engineering the genetic makeup of an entire species - including harmful insects like the mosquito. But as the technology steams head, fueled by powerful gene editing techniques coming out of synthetic biology like CRISPR Cas9, what are the risks, and how can we ensure that it is used safely and responsibly without causing harm?

For more on the opportunities and challenges of technologies like gene drives, visit the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society at http://sfis.asu.edu

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ESSENTIAL LINKS

FAQ: Gene Drives. The Weiss Institute (highly recommended): https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/gene-drives/

How gene drive technology works (video) The Wyss Institute: https://youtu.be/G1L0G00nCM8

Gene Drive. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive

Gene drive' mosquitoes engineered to fight malaria. Nature News, November 23 2015. https://www.nature.com/news/ge....ne-drive-mosquitoes-

World Economic Forum: How gene editing is changing the world: https://www.weforum.org/agenda..../2015/11/how-gene-ed

On the reversibility of gene drives. The Scientist: https://www.the-scientist.com/....opinion/opinion-on-t

Regulating Gene Drives – Science Magazine, 8 August 2014: https://science.sciencemag.org..../content/sci/345/619

Gene Drive – This could be the next weapon of mass destruction. Quartz (look beyond the hyperbolic headline!): https://qz.com/554337/this-cou....ld-be-the-next-weapo

Breakthrough DNA Editor Borne of Bacteria. Carl Zimmer, Quanta Magazine. Feb 26 2015. https://www.quantamagazine.org..../crispr-natural-hist

The CRISPR Revolution – Science Magazime: https://www.sciencemag.org/topic/crispr

CRISPR: The good, the bad, and the unknown. Nature Special: https://www.nature.com/collections/cpzkghhnlg/

The Gene Hackers – The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/maga....zine/2015/11/16/the-

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