Pic related, two sources, both archived with archive.is
This builds from previous discussions here at /pol/, frens.
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https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2025/02/21/editing-pigs-mice-and-mosquitoes-may-save-lives
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https://www.economist.com/briefing/2015/08/22/the-most-selfish-genes
The Economist (1 March 2025) - Technology Quarterly: Gene Editing
>How to exterminate a herd of unwanted animals over a couple of generations using a single lipid nanoparticle injected Gene Drive campaign
>Efforts to tame other organisms may save lives, but with possible pitfalls [...] some scientists are working on another weapon, something called a gene drive: a bit of DNA that propagates through the generations at higher-than-normal rates. The idea goes back decades but the advent of CRISPR made it seem much more doable. To make a gene drive, scientists put the desired edit— SAY, ONE THAT MAKES OFFSPRING INFERTILE —into a gene, alongside the code for CRISPR itself. Animals have two copies of each gene and when they reproduce, their offspring gets one of them. If only one copy is edited, there is an even chance the edit is passed on. But if CRISPR is installed next to the edit, it copies itself to the other gene copy right away. When the organism reproduces, the edit (and the CRISPR) is then certain to be passed on. Within just a few generations, the majority of individuals in a population will carry it.
Note that the effectiveness of this method does not rely on the injection of the entire herd, but rather on achieving a statistical threshold.
Note that it is the next generation that is born infertile so it doesn't begin to show for at least another 15 years or so.
Note that even if you dodged the injection, this still affects you because of Genetic Recombination.
Gen Alpha will witness the biggest human mass extermination event the world has ever seen.
