Gene Drives: Revolutionising Pest Control for Health and Food Security
12:00-12:30, Friday 5th April
Pest insects, though critical for human health and food security, pose urgent challenges. Vectors like Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) spread diseases like Zika, while agricultural pest threaten crops. Traditional methods to mitigate these risks have previously been effective, but rising insecticide resistance and climate change exacerbate the issue.
Gene Drives are an innovation in synthetic biology which manipulate genes to provide rapid population control, but they come with potential risks of their own, such as these manipulated genes spreading beyond the intended population.
The Science and Technology Fast Stream Network is excited to host Dr. Philip Leftwich, Associate Professor in genetics and data science at the University of East Anglia, for a lunch and learn on the successes, challenges, and future prospects of gene drives.
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