Biotechnology United Nations considers a test ban on evolution-warping gene drives Debate over a new idea for stopping malaria is pitting some environmental groups against Bill Gates. by Antonio Regalado 2018-11-13T16:54:00-05:00
Biotechnology Farmers Seek to Deploy Powerful Gene Drive A technology feared for its potential as a bioweapon is attracting interest from farmers as a way to control pests. by Antonio Regalado 2017-12-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life In Africa, Scientists Are Preparing to Use Gene Drives to End Malaria Mosquitoes that drive themselves out of existence are being bred in labs—but letting them loose in nature is another matter. by Michael Reilly 2017-03-14T15:40:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Are Altered Mosquitoes a Public Health Project, or a Business? Nonprofits and corporations are in a race to fight dengue and Zika. by Antonio Regalado 2016-10-27T13:27:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Stop “Gene Spills” Before They Happen Proposal would use gene-editing patents to force scientists to open their labs to scrutiny. by Antonio Regalado 2016-10-20T14:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Bill Gates Doubles His Bet on Wiping Out Mosquitoes with Gene Editing But the technology for extinguishing species is dividing conservationists. by Antonio Regalado 2016-09-06T14:05:00-04:00
Tech Policy Seven Questions about Technology You Aren’t Even Allowed to Ask Sex robots, climate hacking, and the true cost of medicine made our list of taboo technology topics. by Antonio Regalado 2016-07-28T09:00:00-04:00
Biotechnology The Extinction Invention A genetic technology that can kill off mosquito species could eradicate malaria. But is it too risky to ever use? by Antonio Regalado 2016-04-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life This Is How to Stop the Zika Virus Halting the explosive spread of Zika means waging war with mosquitoes. There are several ways, old and new, to win that war. by Michael Reilly 2016-01-29T15:50:00-05:00
Rewriting Life With This Genetic Engineering Technology, There’s No Turning Back Designers of a “selfish” gene able to spread among mosquitoes say it could wipe out malaria, but the scientific community is at odds over whether or not we should do it. by Antonio Regalado 2015-11-23T15:00:00-05:00