Representatives at UN biodiversity conference debate ban on gene-drive technology Thousands of genetically-modified mosquitoes will soon be released in Burkina Faso as a step towards the world's first field test of "gene-drive" technology. The trial, which has been funded by organisations linked to the Gates Foundation, Facebook, and - indirectly - the Pentagon, is part of a project to eradicate malaria, but it has prompted concerns among local civil society organisations who say their country i...
Representatives at UN biodiversity conference debate ban on gene-drive technology Thousands of genetically-modified mosquitoes will soon be released in Burkina Faso as a step towards the world's first field test of "gene-drive" technology. The trial, which has been funded by organisations linked to the Gates Foundation, Facebook, and - indirectly - the Pentagon, is part of a project to eradicate malaria, but it has prompted concerns among local civil society organisations who say their country i...
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