Research Recommendations
Wide-ranging recommendations on the appropriate conduct of gene drive research by prestigious academic and multinational organizations
Guidance framework for testing of genetically modified mosquitoes, second edition
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Policy, RegulationWHO, WHO-TDR, 2021.
For more than 2 decades, scientists have been working to harness the promise of molecular biology to develop genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) for use as public health tools to prevent the transmission of vector-borne diseases. Responding to a need for additional standards ...
Gene drives for malaria control and elimination in Africa
African Union Development Agency-NEPAD, 2018.Report of the High-Level African Union Panel on Emerging Technologies (APET) on Gene Drives for Malaria Control and Elimination in Africa.
Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Policy, RegulationU. S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, The National Academies Press, 2016.
Scientists have studied gene drives for more than 50 years. The development of a powerful genome editing tool in 2012, CRISPR/Cas9,1 led to recent breakthroughs in gene drive research that built on that half century’s worth of knowledge, and stimulated new discussion of the ...