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Gene Drive Technology
Biology and Life Sciences

Gene Drive Technology: Engineering Inheritance to Fight Malaria

A gene drive is a genetic engineering system that biases inheritance so a chosen trait spreads through a wild population faster than Mendelian...

De-extinction Scientific Debate
Biology and Life Sciences

De-Extinction: The Science and Ethics of Reviving Lost Species

De-extinction uses biotechnology to generate organisms resembling extinct species through cloning, gene editing, or selective back-breeding.

CRISPR Gene Editing History
Biology and Life Sciences

CRISPR Gene Editing: How Bacterial Scissors Rewrote Medicine

CRISPR gene editing is a molecular biology technique that uses a bacterial protein called Cas9, directed by guide RNA, to alter specific DNA...