Of Risk and Gene Drives
It is possible that particular gene drives will kill us all. But academia’s emphasis on the risks of human, rather than environmental, genetic engineering mean their heads are in the right place.

It is possible that particular gene drives will kill us all. But academia’s emphasis on the risks of human, rather than environmental, genetic engineering mean their heads are in the right place.
Despite being curable, and eliminated from most developed countries, malaria is the fifth deadliest infectious disease in the world. Gene drives could change that. Let’s give it a try.