Now we must decide whether or not we should do it. A new technology called “gene drive” makes it possible — for the first time in history — to alter an entire population by changing the ...

A Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly engineered with a gene drive that caused it to have red fluorescent eyes.Credit...Craig Cutler for The New York Times Supported by By Jennifer Kahn One early ...

Scientists call it a "gene drive." The drive is a sequence of DNA that can cause a mutation to be inherited by the offspring of an organism with nearly 100 percent efficiency, regardless of ...

And a science meeting Thursday includes an eye-catching agenda item: gene drive’s potential for “entomological warfare.” “Most gene drive research is being done in academic and ...

Diabate said he is optimistic that his vector control tool for malaria - described as “gene drive technology” - could be the “game-changer” when rolled out. Malaria is transmitted through ...

For the first time, researchers have created a gene drive – a kind of genetic parasite – that could be used to eradicate mammalian pests such as mice by making them infertile. The technology ...

Unless, that is, you’re talking about a busybody new virus. That virus includes designer DNA called a gene drive that spreads from one herpes simplex virus to another. And it may be a first step ...

Bier’s group previously exploited this mutation to develop a gene editing tool, called a gene drive, that reverted the mutated ion channel in a fruit fly model back to the wild type version. 2 Gene ...

New gene drive reverses insecticide resistance in pests... then disappears. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 29, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241122172740.htm ...