Tag: gene drives

  • The National Academies’ Gene Drive study has ignored important and obvious issues

    The National Academies’ Gene Drive study has ignored important and obvious issues

    by Jim Thomas (The Guardian): ‘Gene drives’ seem to be the ultimate high-leverage technology. Yesterday’s report from the US National Academies begun the job of describing what is at stake, but it missed some important questions. If there is a prize for the fastest emerging tech controversy of the century the ‘gene drive’ may have […]

  • Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?

    by Dana Perls, Food and Technology campaigner (Friends of the Earth US) No commercial or environmental release of gene drives, says Friends of the Earth The National Academies of Sciences released a new report today, which calls for robust safety assessments for “gene drive modified organisms.” The NAS says the controversial new genetic engineering technology […]

  • Stop The Gene Bomb! ETC Group Comment on NAS Report on Gene Drives

    Stop The Gene Bomb! ETC Group Comment on NAS Report on Gene Drives

    The National Academy of Sciences is releasing a report about “gene drives”, which are attempts to cause entire populations to inherit certain traits, such as reducing reproductive capacity, and which can cause species crashes, or even extinction. ETC Group have countered with this news release on the topic: 8th June 2016 · First study on […]