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Genetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria

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Kurzgesagt explains how gene drive technology could be used to genetically modify mosquitoes and eradicate malaria, alongside the ecological risks involved.

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What people say. Recommended as a clear explanation of using CRISPR and gene drives to combat malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

smnscuin Hacker News • Recommends

On “We’re trying to stop bad mosquitoes by raising and releasing good ones”

Similar (using crispr to change the mosquitoes' genome) video from Kurzgesagt, one of my favourite Youtube channels: link to this video

chasilin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosquitoes”

The introduction of an invasive species can have an overall beneficial effect if carefully evaluated, and there is a lot that can go wrong. link It appears that a "gene drive" was introduced into the Florida Keys in this case, and that is much more targeted and specific to a species that it is intended to destroy. link to this video

gcanyonin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Gene drive modified mosquitoes offer new tool for malaria elimination efforts”

The idea of using gene drive on mosquitoes has been circulating for at least 8 years. 1 In that time, something like 4 million people have died of malaria, many millions more have been infected, and it is significantly impacting the economic growth of Africa. What will it take for us to pull the trigger on this? 1. link to this video