Tag: conservation conference

  • Gene Drives: Solution or Problem? Sacred or Synthetic?

    Gene Drives: Solution or Problem? Sacred or Synthetic?

    Events during IUCN World Conservation Congress September 1-10, 2016 in Oahu, Hawai’i Gene drives are a new biotechnology development that allows humans the unprecedented capability to profoundly alter or even drive to extinction entire populations or even whole species of organisms. Are they a valued tool for conservation or are they more likely to fail, […]