May We Make the World?: Gene Drives, Malaria, and the Future of Nature

by Laurie Zoloth

An in-depth look at genetic alteration in the natural world and the oppositions to it, seen through the case study of a gene drive for malaria.

May We Make the World? is an engaging reflection on the history, nature, goal, and meaning of using a new technological idea--CRISPR-based genetic engineering--to alter the genome of the mosquito that carries malaria. This technology, called a "gene drive," can alter the sex ratio in Anopheles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262546981
• ISBN13: 9780262546980
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 428 Pages