Controversial GMO Mosquito Experiment To Fight Malaria Kicks Off
So I ask: Do you support this kind of DNA remapping to save more than 200 million people from contracting Malaria each year; of which more than 400,000 are fatal (mostly young children)?
The insects were created, using CRISPR, to carry a powerful “gene drive.” The mosquitoes could provide a potent weapon against malaria, but they raise fears about unpredictable environmental effects.
Source: Controversial GMO Mosquito Experiment To Fight Malaria Kicks Off : Goats and Soda : NPR
