Genetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria

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We have the choice to attack one of our oldest enemies with genetic engineering. But should we do it? OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeES HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ This is how we make our living and it would be a pleasure if you support us! Get Merch designed with ❤ from https://kgs.link/shop Join the Patreon Bird Army 🐧 https://kgs.link/patreon DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Reddit: https://kgs.link/reddit Instagram: https://kgs.link/instagram Twitter: https://kgs.link/twitter Facebook: https://kgs.link/facebook Discord: https://kgs.link/discord Newsletter: https://kgs.link/newsletter OUR VOICE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The Kurzgesagt voice is from Steve Taylor: https://kgs.link/youtube-voice OUR MUSIC ♬♪ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 700+ minutes of Kurzgesagt Soundtracks by Epic Mountain: Spotify: https://kgs.link/music-spotify Soundcloud: https://kgs.link/music-soundcloud Bandcamp: https://kgs.link/music-bandcamp Youtube: https://kgs.link/music-youtube Facebook: https://kgs.link/music-facebook The Soundtrack of this video: Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2cJQIsk Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2dj4np0 Big thanks to James Gurney and Roya Haghighat-Khah for their help and advice with this video! 🐦🐧🐤 PATREON BIRD ARMY 🐤🐧🐦 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Many Thanks to our wonderful Patreons from http://kgs.link/patreon who support us every month and made this video possible: Lucien Delbert, Mike C, Ricardo Chavarria, Juha Wellman, Zachary Jordan, Patrick Chang, Adrian Mihali, Nicodemos Nicodemou, Lacey Larson, Austin Earnest, Andre Wee, Koroslak, Alex Brady, Roberto Cano, Andreas Stokholm, Plamen Ivanov, E Smith, Kieran Hunter-East, Christopher Trinh, Tony Kwok, Adam Rabenstein, Andrew Whitehurst, Alena Vlachova, Mackenzie Broadbent, Andreas Hertle, Martin Petersen, Kasturi Raghavan, Gregory Griffin, KiaTheDead, Aaron Stevens, Jimmy C, Benedikt Jaletzke, Jonathan Bowler, Zdravko Šašek, Wouter Stokhof, Zealotus, Long Vu, Fatman13, Jeremy Dumet, Miles Spoor, Mirton I, Al Fl, Jonathan Carter, Stanislaw Wasowicz, Marek Turcani, Francisco Santos, Justin Choi, Dagoberto Chapa, Chip Salzenberg, TinFung, Bob Bergeron, Peer, Justin Elstrott, Rachid Malik, Octavio Astillo, Romain Isnel, Rich Sekmistrz, Kuosora, Mozart Petter, Justin Jeffries, Nicola Licheri, Bahram Malaekeh, Florent Petterschmitt, David Mark, Gaby Germanos, Shweta Bharadwai, Lux Stamm, Marc Johann, Joe, Nefaur Khandker, Anders Madsen, Sarah Yoshi, monoxide, Brandon Meador, Dovydas Bartkevicius, Tyler Vigen, Michael Niella, Gordon Timilty, Slava Dzyba, Bagel Krippen Chandra, KodinCage, Miikka Harjuntausta, Magid Elgady, Vince Houmes, Irae Carvalho, Josh Talbot, Mr.Z, Pawel Urbanek, Russ Clarke, Lucas Tostes, Oscar Chamaria, Zachary Langdon, Steve Bollenbaugh, Xiaogiang Zheng, Peter LoPinto, Jenny Nordenborg, Evan Faas, Greg Fowler, Cicmil Mladen, Canut Durgun, Malovich, Cedric, Dave Anderson, Jones, Elliot, Denis Dube, David Allen, Dawson Reid, Jake Zwirdowski, Denis Leu SOURCES AND FURTHER READING ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Harvard FAQs on gene drive: http://bit.ly/1TYNIAo Research paper on using CRISPR for malaria gene drive: http://bit.ly/2cGXNqp Nature article on engineered mosquitos: http://go.nature.com/1Ij39yS STAT new article on using gene drive against Zika: http://bit.ly/2ctw24X Tech review article on using gene drive against malaria: http://bit.ly/1V0Qpr7 Smithsonian on deadliness of mosquitos: http://bit.ly/1sqQ1D7 Science article about the risks of the technology: http://bit.ly/2dgtpCt New Yorker on Pros and Cons: http://bit.ly/1PTKGlt Gates note on death rate through mosquitos: http://bit.ly/1UdvIqI Status quo on field trial in the U.S.: http://bit.ly/2b16ufu Evolution working against gene drive technology: http://theatln.tc/2cmMjau Research paper on evolution of resistance against gene drive: http://bit.ly/2cGWPKO Science news on possible safety feature for gene drive: http://bit.ly/29I0Z26 Help us caption & translate this video! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q&tab=2