Gene drive mosquitoes and the new era of medical colonialism
Gene drive mosquitoes and the new era of medical colonialism
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, MosquitoesMayet, MC, L. I.; Sirinathsingji, E, GM Watch, 2019.
The highly contentious issue of gene drive technologies – a novel extreme form of genetic engineering designed to alter or even eradicate entire populations and species – was at the heart of the international negotiations at the biennial UN Biodiversity Conference held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2018.
