In lab populations of genetically engineered mosquitoes, mutations arose that blocked the gene drive’s spread and restored female fertility. Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A gene drive has successfully caused the collapse of a malaria-carrying mosquito population in the lab, researches report today (September 24) in ...

Gene drive technology could reshape the fight against malaria in Africa, according to a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications. The research, led by Target Malaria UK in ...

Released in the wild, mosquitoes engineered with CRISPR and a tool called gene drive could eventually replace the wild mosquitoes that carry the disease. But too much uncertainty still exists to ...

Scientists argue that the technology involves considerable risk and uncertain benefits. Gene drive alleles bias their inheritance to spread through populations. Here, we constructed a moderate ...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, GEMMA Biotherapeutics ("GEMMABio") – a new therapeutics company founded by gene therapy pioneer Dr. Jim Wilson – announced the completion ...