Gene-drive technology combats insecticide resistance

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'e-Drive': New gene drive reverses insecticide resistance in pests... then disappears

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University of California San Diego geneticists have developed a new genetic system that converts insecticide-resistant forms of mutated insect genes back to their natural, native form.

The self-eliminating "e-Drive" is programmed to act transiently and then disappear from the population.

The researchers are now developing a similar e-Drive system in mosquitoes to help prevent the spread of malaria.

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