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SUMMARY:CRISPR gene-drive and the war against malaria – the evolutionary
  ABCs - Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
DTSTART:20191031T153000Z
DTEND:20191031T170000Z
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CONTACT:Agnes Bolinska
DESCRIPTION:CRISPR is a new technology\, but it mimics a process in nature
  that has been known for about 80 years\, meiotic drive. In this talk\, I'
 ll explain some of the basic evolutionary principles that allows a driving
  gene to increase in frequency in a population even when it harms the indi
 viduals that house it. I'll also discuss two strategies that are now being
  pursued for using CRISPR gene drives to eradicate malaria. One involves d
 riving to extinction the mosquitoes that spread malaria to humans\; the ot
 her involves modifying the immune systems of those mosquitoes so that they
  are less able to spread malaria.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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