Matter: ‘Gene Drives’ Are Too Risky for Field Trials, Scientists Say
New research casts doubt on a gene-editing strategy that scientists had hoped to use against invasive species and epidemic diseases. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Genetics and Heredity
Topics: diseases, epidemic, species, invasive, against, hoped, scientists, strategy, gene-editing, doubt, casts, research, Scientists, Trials, Field, Risky, Drives’, ‘Gene, Matter
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/science/gene-drives-crispr.html?partner=rss&emc=rss