Proposed U.N. test ban on gene drives is idiotic
Proposed U.N. test ban on gene drives is idiotic
Tags: PolicyBailey, R, Reason, 2018.
A draft resolution would revise the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity to call on governments to “refrain from” releasing organisms containing engineered gene drives, according to the MIT Technology Review. A gene drive is a technology that can rapidly propagate a particular set of genes throughout a population, including genes that cause sterility in a species.
