News Headline

Editing nature: Scientists call for careful oversight of environmental gene editing

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2018-11-02

In Burkina Faso, the government is considering the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to eradicate malaria. In Nantucket, Mass., officials are looking at gene editing as a tool in the fight against Lyme disease. And scientists are using gene technology to adapt coral to changing ocean conditions from the Caribbean to the Great Barrier Reef.

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https://phys.org/news/2018-11-nature-scientists-oversight-environmental-gene.html