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Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

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The Evolution of Vector Bord Disease

There are two approaches to dealing with the problem of vector bord disease. One says, well, let's engineer the vectors so they can't spread hdisease. But it has the disadvantage of allowing the parasite an opportunity to evolve around whatever blocks you're putting in the vector using the gen drive. If you target the vector directly with the jean drive and suppress its numbers then there just aren’t enough mosquitoes to bite one,. You bite someone who is infected and then bite another uninfected person. Any then that also get rid of the parasite. And because the gean drive uses crisper, we can program it to target any single sight, or set of sights

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