Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards
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...whenever applicable?Against this, consider the cost of an accidental release. Science relies on popular... DNA cassette encoding the cas9 gene and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) with appropriate flanking homology...homology into a germline cell can create an RNA-guided gene drive. In principle, this event could happen even...available. Consequently, the best way to avoid accidentally creating a gene drive is also the easiest: don't...barrier protocols, they can reduce the risk of accidental escape to a negligible level.
One major reason...publish the concept and likely capabilities of RNA-guided gene drives in the summer of 2014 (after extensive...hope was that anyone else who came up with the same idea or wanted to build a gene drive in a model organism...