The Economist covers the benefits and potential risks of using gene drives to remove invasive species from islands and eradicating disease-carrying mosquitoes. Extinctions are seldom cause for celebration. Humans are wiping out species at a [...]
The Economist explores the potential pros and cons of gene drives in the eradication of mosquito-borne illnesses and invasive species. I think I got it,” says Alekos Simoni with a grin, returning an electronic fly zapper [...]
WIRED features GBIRd and Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell in an article about the potential for gene drives to help prevent extinctions of island species. By: Emma Marris KARL CAMPBELL IS a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. [...]
Scientific American delves into the need for advances in conservation technology and the hope gene drive could offer native island species. Researchers are constantly working to find the most effective and humane way to remove [...]
Technology Governance Precaution can be consistent with support of science. By: Gregory E. Kaebnick, Elizabeth Heitman, James P. Collins, Jason A.Delborne, Wayne G. Landis, Keegan Sawyer, Lisa A. Taneyhill, David E.Winickoff Precautionary approaches to governance [...]
An article published in The Scientist highlights research on a potential new tool for conservation. Introduced, damaging, (invasive) rodents have invaded an estimated ninety percent of our world’s island archipelagos. Eradication of invasive rodents from [...]