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As CRISPR-based gene drives to eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitoes pass new tests, the African public will weigh in on whether to unleash them.

The first cross-country EU citizens opinion poll on gene drives has found that a majority of respondents supports the call for a global moratorium on releases of Gene Drive Organisms and agrees that a global consensus is needed before any gene drive could take place. The representative survey which polled 8,826 citizens from eight EU countries was conducted by international market research institute YouGov. It was commissioned by an alliance of NGOs, including Save Our Seeds which runs the Stop Gene Drives campaign, that demand an informed and inclusive public debate and a global moratorium o...

European “Stop Gene Drives” campaign demands global moratorium Should humanity release genetically engineered gene drive organisms into nature? The response of a majority of citizens in eight European countries is: “No, the risks are too high”. This first opinion poll on the subject shows high levels of opposition to (46%-70%) and very low levels of support for (7%-16%) the use of Gene Drive technology in the environment. The survey of nearly 9,000 people is representative of 280 million EU citizens from eight EU countries. It was commissioned by nine NGOs demanding an informed and in...