African Union’s endorsement of unproven gene drive mosquitoes “misguided”
African Union’s endorsement of unproven gene drive mosquitoes “misguided”
GM Watch, GMWatch, 2018.The African Union (AU) is paving the way for the entry of the latest and most controversial form of genetic engineering – gene drive technologies. In July 2018 the AU released a report endorsing the development of the technology as well as “enabling legislation” for their deployment across its member states. The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), has released a critique of the AU report, which the ACB says is hopelessly premature and merely repeats unsubstantiated claims made by gene drive developers.
