Keywords: Oceania
Otago GE Wasp Project Violates International Gene Drive Agreement
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive, OceaniaGE-Free NZ, Scoop, 2024.
Professor Dearden, Otago University, has received $11 million from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE) to engineer wasps using gene drive technology. He is only consulting with Māori and regulators, ignoring and side-lining the views of other concerned New ...
The $11million wasp to end (hopefully) all wasps
Tags: Gene editing, Oceania, Pest managementKieran Chisnall, Stuff, 2024.
A new project to eradicate wasps, which cost the country millions of dollars, has begun in Dunedin. The key to that $11million project would be a genetically altered wasp, capable of destroying wasps colonies from the inside. Professor Peter Dearden, Genomics Aotearoa ...
The epidemiology of imported and locally-acquired dengue in Australia, 2012–2022
Tags: Dengue, Mosquitoes, Oceania, WolbachiaAsma Sohail, Katherine L Anders, Sarah L McGuinness, Karin Leder, Journal of Travel Medicine, 2024.
Dengue is the most important arboviral disease globally, and poses ongoing challenges for control including in non-endemic countries with competent mosquito vectors at risk of local transmission through imported cases. We examined recent epidemiological trends in imported and ...
Consultation on a draft National Gene Drive Policy Guide
Tags: Gene drive, Oceania, PolicyCommonwealth of Australia (Department of Health and Aged Care), National Gene Technology Scheme, 2024.
The term gene drive is used to describe organisms which have been genetically modified to increase the rate for a particular trait to spread through a sexually reproducing population, spreading the genes or traits through a species at a faster rate than normal inheritance. ...
Gene drives – maybe not a silver bullet, but a bullet nonetheless
Tags: Biological control, OceaniaJenny Leonard, New Zealand's Biological Heritage, 2023.
A gene drive is both a natural process and a genetic engineering technology where a gene is promoted or favoured during reproduction—instead of there being a “chance” of an offspring inheriting a gene, gene drives almost guarantee that the offspring (and subsequent ...
Invasive Feral Cats Could Be Wiped Out Using Genetic Modification
Tags: CRISPR, Gene drive, Gene editing, Oceania, Other mammalsJess Thomson, Newsweek, 2023.
Hordes of feral cats terrorizing native species in Australia could be combatted using a special type of genetic engineering, scientists have suggested. The cats, which came to Australia via European colonizers, regularly kill native mammals, birds, and reptiles, including ...
What are gene drives, and how can they help eradicate invasive species in Australia?
Tags: Gene drive, Invasive species, Oceania, Other mammalsDr. Ellen Cottingham, ABC News (Australia Broadcasting Corporation), 2023.
The impact of feral cats and other invasive species is felt across Australia. Not only do they threaten native species, but they can also spread diseases to humans and livestock. Invasive species are estimated to cost Australia an eye-watering $25 billion annually, while the ...
Research breakthrough in genetic biocontrol striving to transform pest management: Centre for Invasive Species Solutions
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Oceania, RodentsARR News, Australian Rural and Regional News, 2023.
A potential new non-lethal and ethical approach to control invasive mammal pests was showcased at a briefing held at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute in Adelaide on Tuesday 31 October. Hosted by the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions and the ...
Quantifying the impact of Wolbachia releases on dengue infection in Townsville, Australia
Tags: Dengue, Oceania, Population modification/replacement, WolbachiaOgunlade, S. T. Adekunle, A. I. Meehan, M. T. McBryde, E. S., Scientific Reports, 13:14932. 2023.
From October 2014 to February 2019, local authorities in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia continually introduced Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to control seasonal outbreaks of dengue infection. In this study, we develop a mathematical modelling framework to estimate the ...
Gene drives for invasive wasp control: Extinction is unlikely, with suppression dependent on dispersal and growth rates
Tags: CRISPR, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Modeling, Oceania, Other arthropods, Population suppression, Replicator/site directed nucleaseP. J. Lester, D. O'Sullivan and G. L. W. Perry, Ecological Applications, 2023.
Abstract Gene drives offer a potentially revolutionary method for pest control over large spatial extents. These genetic modifications spread deleterious variants through a population and have been proposed as methods for pest suppression or even eradication. We examined the ...
Novel Conservation Strategies to Conserve Australian Marsupials
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, OceaniaS. Legge, M. Hayward and A. Weeks, American and Australasian Marsupials, 2023.
The Australian marsupial fauna has been devastated in the past 250 years, mainly due to impacts from invasive mammalian predators (cats and foxes), although other threats such as invasive herbivores, habitat loss and fragmentation, changes to fire regimes, and now climate change ...
The attitudes of young adults towards mammalian predator control and Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa New Zealand
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Oceania, Stakeholder engagementL. Dickie and F. Medvecky, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 2023.
Predator Free 2050 (PF2050) is an ambitious goal that aims to remove three types of invasive mammals from New Zealand by 2050. It will require a significant amount of funding, research, and support. Young adults will have an important role to play for this programme to be ...
Trust in science and scientists: Effects of social attitudes and motivations on views regarding climate change, vaccines and gene drive technology
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive, Oceania, Stakeholder engagementH. G. W. Dixson, A. F. Komugabe-Dixson, F. Medvecky, J. Balanovic, H. Thygesen and E. A. MacDonald, Journal of Trust Research, 2023.
Trust in science and scientists (TSS) is an increasingly important topic with respect to how science is applied within society. However, its role regarding specific issues may vary depending upon other psychosocial factors. In this study, we investigated how trust interacts with ...
Should NZ use contentious gene tech in our war on pests?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Oceania, Population suppressionJ. Morton, NZ Herald, 2022.
Gene-altering technology could offer “breakthrough opportunities” for saving our pest-threatened species, a new future-scoping report says, but there’d be some tricky issues to address before it’d be a realistic option. Scientists have already been exploring how these ...
Public perspectives towards using gene drive for invasive species management in Australia
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Other mammals, Policy, Population suppression, Stakeholder engagementA. Mankad, E. V. Hobman and L. Carter, CSIRO, 2022.
Many pest animal species live and reproduce in high numbers across Australia. This includes animal species, such as cane toads, feral cats, foxes, rodents, wild pigs, wild rabbits. These species significantly damage Australia’s agricultural industries, natural landscapes, and ...
Australians open to using genetic technology to manage feral cats
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Other mammalsCSIRO, MIRAGE, 2022.
New genetic technologies could help address the rise of invasives through a number of ways, one of which is called gene drive. Gene drive can determine the sex of offspring, reducing the number of animals able to reproduce, and therefore over time driving down populations. ...
What role can gene editing play in predator control? And are we ready to accept it?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing, Invasive species, OceaniaK. Green, Stuff, 2022.
The once-forbidden concept of gene editing for predator control is back on the table after two projects receivedGovernment funding. Despite advances overseas, experts are worried research in New Zealand will never make it out of the lab, with no plans to change current ...
International shipments of Wolbachia-infected mosquito eggs: towards the scaling-up of World Mosquito Program operations
Tags: Aedes, Dengue, Oceania, WolbachiaJ. A. Denton, D. A. Joubert, A. A. Goundar and J. R. L. Gilles, Scientific and Technical Review, 41:91-99. 2022.
The Wolbachia insect control method, employed by the World Mosquito Program (WMP), relies on introgressing Wolbachia through target Aedes aegypti populations to reduce the incidence of dengue. Since 2010, the WMP has been producing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes at numerous sites ...
Conditions for Investment in Genetic Biocontrol of Pest Vertebrates in Australia
Tags: Genetic biocontrol, Governance, Oceania, Risk and safety, Stakeholder engagementL. Carter, A. Mankad, S. Campbell, W. Ruscoe, K. P. Oh, P. R. Brown, M. Byrne, M. Tizard and T. Strive, Frontiers in Agronomy, 3. 2022.
Managing pest vertebrate species in Australia is a significant challenge for government, industry, research sectors and land-managers. Innovative tools such as genetic biocontrol offers decision-makers a potentially effective means of reducing the impact of pest species ...
Track New Zealand’s Bid to Take Back Nature
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Invasive species, Oceania, Other mammalsK. Peek, Scientific American, 2022.
A thousand years ago the islands that today form New Zealand were riotously wild. Birds, reptiles and invertebrates flourished in lush forests hundreds of miles from any other landmass. Māori settlers in the 1200s brought Polynesian rats for food, and together the humans and the ...
New Zealand wants to get rid of stoats with genetic engineering
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, OceaniaC. Weerasinghe, Cyber Layman, 2021.
The principle of the “gene drive” is to modify a specific gene in a group of specimens of a species and then let the gene spread throughout the population by inheritance, through reproduction. If, as in this case, the aim is to reduce the population of animals, for example, ...
A decade of stability for wMel Wolbachia in natural Aedes aegypti populations
Tags: Arbovirus, Dengue, Oceania, Population modification/replacement, WolbachiaP. A. Ross, K. L. Robinson, Q. Yang, A. G. Callahan, T. L. Schmidt, J. K. Axford, M. P. Coquilleau, K. M. Staunton, M. Townsend, S. A. Ritchie, M.-J. Lau, X. Gu and A. A. Hoffmann, bioRxiv, 2021.10.27.466190. 2021.
Mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia endosymbionts are being released in many countries for arbovirus control. The wMel strain of Wolbachia blocks Aedes-borne virus transmission and can spread throughout mosquito populations by inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility. Aedes aegypti ...
Conditional knockdown of transformer in sheep blow fly suggests a role in repression of dosage compensation and potential for population suppression
Tags: Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Population suppressionM. E. Williamson, Y. Yan and M. J. Scott, PLOS Genetics, 17:e1009792. 2021.
In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, a single gene (Sxl in D. melanogaster, fle in A. gambiae) controls the development of female-specific tissues and X chromosome dosage compensation, which is the equalization of X-linked gene products ...
Gene drive and RNAi technologies: a bio-cultural review of next-generation tools for pest wasp management in New Zealand
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic engineering, Oceania, Policy, Population suppression, Regulation, Stakeholder engagementS. Palmer, P. K. Dearden, O. R. Mercier, A. King-Hunt and P. J. Lester, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1-18. 2021.
There is a global need for novel, next-generation technologies and techniques to manage pest species. We review work on potential step-changing technologies for large landscape (>1000 hectares) pest management of social Vespula wasps. We also review M?ori perspectives on these ...
Trial suppresses mosquitoes using non-GMO approach
Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, Incompatible insect technique, OceaniaGM Watch, GM Watch, 2021.
In a first for the Southern Hemisphere, researchers have shown that a bacterium can successfully suppress populations of the invasive, disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito that is responsible for spreading dengue, yellow fever and Zika. Published in PNAS (see abstract below), ...
Invasive, disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito sterilized with bacteria and eradicated in large-scale trial
Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, Incompatible insect technique, OceaniaCSIRO, Phys Org, 2021.
In a first for the Southern Hemisphere, researchers have shown a bacteria can successfully sterilize and eradicate the invasive, disease carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito which is responsible for spreading dengue, yellow fever and Zika. The breakthrough could support the ...
Releasing incompatible males drives strong suppression across populations of wild and Wolbachiat-carrying Aedes aegypti in Australia
Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, Incompatible insect technique, OceaniaN. W. Beebe, D. Pagendam, B. J. Trewin, A. Boomer, M. Bradford, A. Ford, C. Liddington, A. Bondarenco, P. J. De Barro, J. Gilchrist, C. Paton, K. M. Staunton, B. Johnson, A. J. Maynard, G. J. Devine, L. E. Hugo, G. Rasic, H. Cook, P. Massaro, N. Snoad, J., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118:e2106828118. 2021.
Through replicated treatment and control experiments in northern Australia, regular releases of Aedes aegypti males infected with a Wolbachia from Aedes albopictus was shown to drive strong population suppression in mosaic populations of wild-type (no Wolbachia) and ...
Genetically-modified possums and all-in-one trapping machines: funding for new predator-free studies
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, OceaniaA. Allott, stuff, 2021.
Research into possum genes and creating an all-in-one predator detecting, luring, and trapping machine are among a handful of projects to receive new funding to help bring them into reality. Predator Free 2050 has awarded $2.4 million in Jobs for Nature funding to six ...
$1M in funding for project to cull mouse plagues
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Oceania, RodentsK. Brown, University of Adelaide NEWSROOM, 2021.
South Australian researchers are set to use genetic tools to help find innovative solutions to the devastating mouse plagues that have caused massive economic damage to Australian farmers.The University of Adelaide has been awarded $1 million in funding from the South Australian ...
Knowing and Controlling: Engineering Ideals and Gene Drive for Invasive Species Control in Aotearoa New Zealand
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Oceania, PolicyC. H. Ross, Nature Remade: Engineering Life, Envisioning Worlds, 2021.
On the islands of Aotearoa, also called New Zealand, invasive species have been a prominent and persistent concern for local ecosystems. Traditional methods of biological control, though, can be difficult to implement and often have harmful side- effects for the environment and ...
Selfish DNA: how new gene technology could stop the advance of mice
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Rodents, X chromosomeM. McMillan, Tentenfield Star, 2021.
It used to be that seeing a mouse in the house was a rare occurrence. Now, it's rarely a day that goes by where we aren't seeing or hearing the little vermin. Current methods of baiting and trapping are struggling to control the plague of mice spreading across regional ...
New biocontrol research to help prevent mice plagues
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Oceania, Other mammals, Population suppression, RodentsAnonymous, The National Tribune, 2021.
Scientists at the University of Adelaide are partnering with the CSIRO and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions on breakthrough genetic biocontrol research to help control mice populations and prevent future mice plagues. The three-year research program will identify fast ...
“Gene Drive” Technology To Control Mouse Invasions | Liverpool City Champion
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Oceania, Rodents, X chromosomeT. Carrington, Liverpool IL, 2021.
As western New South Wales faces a devastating mouse plague, the government is investing in groundbreaking genetic biocontrol research that could transform pest management in Australia. Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said the NSW government will provide $ 1.8 million for the ...
Mouse plague control hopes raised with funding for genetic biocontrol research
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Rodents, X chromosomeAnonymous, From Press, 2021.
As communities and farmers continue to battle the mouse plague, a funding announcement for genetic biocontrol research could be a potential game changer for future plagues. The New South Wales government has today announced a $50 million mouse control package which includes $1.8 ...
Scientists want to alter rodent genes to prevent mice plagues
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Oceania, Other mammals, Population suppression, RodentsP. Hannon, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2021.
Mice plagues, such as the one ravaging parts of inland NSW, could become a thing of the past if scientists succeed in modifying the genes of the rodents so that populations crash before they can take off. Paul Thomas, a researcher at the University of Adelaide, is part of an ...
Plain language summary: How do we have a public conversation about new technologies for conservation? The possibilities and pitfalls of scientific language
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Oceania, Stakeholder engagement, Synthetic biologyAnnonymous, Relational Thinking, 2021.
Having caused a catastrophic decline of animal species, people now look to new technologies to reverse the damage. Gene drive is a potential tool that could increase the proportion of male offspring in rat populations and eventually reduce their overall numbers. Some suggest this ...
Assisting Evolution: How Far Should We Go to Help Species Adapt?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, CRISPR, Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing, Invasive species, Oceania, Synthetic biologyE. Kolbert, YaleEnvironment360, 2021.
It was a hot, intensely blue day in the Australian Outback, about 350 miles north of Adelaide. I was tagging along with Moseby as she checked the batteries on the motion-sensitive cameras that dot Arid Recovery, an ecosystem restoration project she and her husband launched in ...
Should we dim the sun? Will we even have a choice
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, CRISPR, Ecology, Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing, Invasive species, Oceania, Synthetic biologyE. Klein, New York Times, 2021.
“Under a White Sky” is going to be on my best books of 2021 list. It’s a wonderful work. Kolbert is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Sixth Extinction,” which you may have read. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and just one of the great science ...
Public attitudes towards synthetic biology
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Policy, Stakeholder engagement, Synthetic biologyCSIRO, Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, 2021.
A national survey has been conducted by CSIRO’s Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform as an important first step in measuring public attitudes towards synthetic biology. The survey draws on the views of more than 8,000 Australians, and researchers are examining the data to ...
CRISPR and the splice to survive: New gene-editing technology could be used to save species from extinction—or to eliminate them.
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, CRISPR, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Mosquitoes, Oceania, Population modification/replacement, Population suppressionE. Kolbert, New Yorker, 2021.
About a year ago, not long before the pandemic began, I paid a visit to the center, which is an hour southwest of Melbourne. The draw was an experiment on a species of giant toad known familiarly as the cane toad. The toad was introduced to Australia as an agent of pest control, ...
Conservation pest control with new technologies: public perceptions
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Policy, Regulation, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagementE. A. MacDonald, M. B. Neff, E. Edwards, F. Medvecky and J. Balanovic, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2021.
We conducted eleven focus groups in New Zealand to explore three questions about novel technologies (gene drive and two others for comparison of pest control tools): (1) what are the risks/benefits? (2) how do they compare to current methods? and (3) who should be represented on ...
Researchers help complete world first wasp genome project
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Other arthropodsStaff, The National Tribune, 2020.
In a world first, New Zealand researchers have sequenced the genome of three wasps, two of which are invasive wasps in New Zealand, paving the way for new methods of control for these significant pests.
Researchers complete world first wasp genome project
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Other arthropodsUniversity of Otago, Phys Org, 2020.
In a world first, New Zealand researchers have sequenced the genome of three wasps, two of which are invasive wasps in New Zealand, paving the way for new methods of control for these significant pests.
Biotechnologies in pest wasp control: taking the sting out of pest management for Māori businesses?
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Other arthropods, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Stakeholder engagementS. Palmer and O. R. Mercier, New Genetics and Society, 2020.
A Maori-centered mixed-method study gauged the perceptions of eight Maori businesses about the potential use of five specific new biotechnological controls in pest management.
Islands as Laboratories: Indigenous Knowledge and Gene Drives in the Pacific
Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Oceania, Stakeholder engagementR. I. Taitingfong, Human Biology, 91:179-188. 2020.
This article argues that the genetic engineering technology known as gene drive must be evaluated in the context of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and military experimentation on indigenous lands and peoples. After defining gene drive and previewing some ...
NZ’s great pest-free quest: can we get there?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, OceaniaJ. Morton, NZ Herald, 2020.
The Government has unveiled how it plans to rid New Zealand of possums, rats and stoats by 2050 – but there's no specific mention of contentious gene-editing technology that many scientists say will be needed. The Predator Free 2050 strategy, being formally launched this ...
Public Opinion Towards Gene Drive as a Pest Control Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and the Association of Underlying Worldviews
Tags: CRISPR, Ecology, Gene drive synthetic, Invasive species, Oceania, Stakeholder engagement, Synthetic biologyE. A. MacDonald, J. Balanovic, E. D. Edwards, W. Abrahamse, B. Frame, A. Greenaway, R. Kannemeyer, N. Kirk, F. Medvecky, T. L. Milfont, J. C. Russell and D. M. Tompkins, Environmental Communication-a Journal of Nature and Culture, 15:1-16. 2020.
Synthetic gene drive approaches are nascent technologies with potential applicability for pest control for conservation purposes. Responsible science mandates that society be engaged in a dialogue over new technology, particularly where there exist global ramifications as with ...
Public Opinion Towards Gene Drive as a Pest Control Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and the Association of Underlying Worldviews
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Policy, Stakeholder engagementE. A. MacDonald, J. Balanovic, E. D. Edwards, W. Abrahamse, B. Frame, A. Greenaway, R. Kannemeyer, N. Kirk, F. Medvecky, T. L. Milfont, J. C. Russell and D. M. Tompkins, Environmental Communication, 14:904-918. 2020.
Synthetic gene drive approaches are nascent technologies with potential applicability for pest control for conservation purposes. Responsible science mandates that society be engaged in a dialogue over new technology, particularly where there exist global ramifications as with ...
Guidance for IBCs: Regulatory requirements for contained research with GMOs containing engineered gene drives
Tags: Containment, Gene drive synthetic, Genetically modified organisms, Oceania, Policy, RegulationOffice of the Gene Technology Regulator, Australian Government, Department of Health, 2019.
This document provides guidance for Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBCs) and researchers on the regulatory requirements for organisms containing engineered ‘gene drives’, including the physical containment (PC) level of facilities for notifiable low risk dealings ...
Invasion Success and Management Strategies for Social Vespula Wasps
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Oceania, Population genetics/dynamics, Sex distorterP. J. Lester and J. R. Beggs, Annual Review of Entomology, 64:51-71. 2018.
Three species of Vespula have become invasive in Australia, Hawai'i, New Zealand, and North and South America and continue to spread. Economically, their main negative effect is associated with pollination and the apicultural industry. Climate change is likely to exacerbate ...
The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: a perspective
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Oceania, Pest management, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Stakeholder engagementP. K. Dearden, N. J. Gemmell, O. R. Mercier, P. J. Lester, M. J. Scott, R. D. Newcomb, T. R. Buckley, J. M. E. Jacobs, S. G. Goldson and D. R. Penman, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 48:225-244. 2017.
Here we describe the current state of gene drive technologies and present a series of examples to examine the potential benefits and problems arising from gene drive approaches for pest control in New Zealand.
Trends in the development of mammalian pest control technology in New Zealand
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Oceania, Pest managementC. T. Eason, L. Shapiro, S. Ogilvie, C. King and M. Clout, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 44:267-304. 2017.
The use of new toxins with advantages in specific settings should be complemented by improvements in resetting trap technology, barrier approaches, and novel biocontrol and genetic concepts. Sodium fluoroacetate (1080) and other important tools have been retained; we have the ...
The use of gene editing to create gene drives for pest control in New Zealand
Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing, Invasive species, Oceania, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safetyRoyal Society Te Apārangi Gene Editing Panel, Royal Society of New Zealand, 2017.
to explore the implications of gene editing technology for New Zealand, the Royal Society Te Apārangi has convened a multidisciplinary panel of some of New Zealand’s leading experts to consider the social, cultural, legal and economic implications of revolutionary ...
