Opinion: Gene-drive technology must be developed in a safe, ethical way
We need powerful tools to take on the deadliest creature in the world: mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes spread malaria, a disease that sickens more than 200 million people each year and kills 430,000. Genetically engineering mosquitoes to stop the spread of malaria offers great promise in saving many of these lives, and could add an estimated $4 trillion to the global economy over the next 14 years.