Researchers create new system for safer gene-drive testing and development: Hacking system converts split gene drives into full drives, offering new experimentation flexibility... but also reveals surprising fitness costs of full drive systems

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Researchers create new system for safer gene-drive testing and development: Hacking system converts split gene drives into full drives, offering new experimentation flexibility... but also reveals surprising fitness costs of full drive systems

Researchers have developed a new system for developing gene drives for areas ranging from human health to global food supplies. The new 'hacking' system converts split gene drives into full drives, offering new flexibility for safely conducting gene drive experiments in a range of applications.