Sludgehammer@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoAfter ‘humiliating’ raid, Burkina Faso halts ‘gene drive’ project to fight malariawww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkAfter ‘humiliating’ raid, Burkina Faso halts ‘gene drive’ project to fight malariawww.science.orgSludgehammer@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareSludgehammer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-213 days agoWell as the article mentioned they haven’t gotten to the gene drive part yet, they were testing a mosquito that would masculinize female mosquitos and would only be passed down through regular Mendelian inheritance.
minus-squareCoopr8@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoaha, yes I am guilty I only read the first half of the article. That makes a lot of sense.
Well as the article mentioned they haven’t gotten to the gene drive part yet, they were testing a mosquito that would masculinize female mosquitos and would only be passed down through regular Mendelian inheritance.
aha, yes I am guilty I only read the first half of the article. That makes a lot of sense.