On: The Ultra-Selfish Gene

[twodave]

Am I understanding correctly that the main impediment to weaponizing this gene drive idea is the difficulty of spreading the treatment to a broad population? How are these things applied to a live subject, anyway? I had always assumed an injection, but maybe an aerosol could be produced? Hopefully not.

[kwhitefoot → twodave]

It is applied to the fertilized ovum or early stage embryos I think. At least that seems to be what He Jiankui did: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1178695152/china-scientist-he...