disease eradication

The bold plan to end malaria with a gene drive

Vox | February 26, 2026

How genetically engineered mosquitoes might defeat a disease that kills millions of children. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The invention of the CRISPR gene editing tool has injected new life into a line of research called gene drive. Gene drives use selfish genetic elements to spread a modification through a […]

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Can we get rid of Covid-19 forever?

Vox | February 18, 2025

How to eradicate a disease, in 4 steps. ✉️ Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.vox.com/video-newsletter As of March 2021, Covid-19 has killed more than 2.5 million people. It’s brought on a dramatic economic downfall, a mental health crisis, and has generally just put the world on pause. But we don’t […]