Should we reengineer the world's deadliest animal?
The episode explores the potential and peril of using CRISPR-based gene drives to eradicate malaria-carrying mosquitoes, highlighting the tension between saving millions of lives and risking irreversible ecological consequences. The technology exists, but the ethical, ecological, and gove
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