Viewpoint: UN should reject a proposed ban on gene drives
Viewpoint: UN should reject a proposed ban on gene drives
4544Bailey, R, Genetic Literacy Project, 2018-11-20 00:00:00.
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.
