Gene Drive Projects
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Animalia
Arthropoda (incl. insects and spiders)
Insecta (insects)
Diptera (true flies)
Calliphoridae (blow flies/greenbottles)
Lucilia (green bottle flies)
Green bottle fly
Readiness of Technology
3 - Preliminary laboratory work publishedPublications
Intended use
Reduction of disease and death of livestock caused by this species
Type of system
Homing CRISPR
Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Aedes (tiger mosquitoes)
Yellow fever mosquito
Readiness of Technology
5 - Limited proof of concept in laboratoryPublications
Intended use
Reduction of transmission of arboviruses (e.g. yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue, and Zika)
Type of system
Split homing CRISPR gene drive
Yellow fever mosquito
Readiness of Technology
5 - Limited proof of concept in laboratoryPublications
Intended use
Reduction in transmission of arboviruses (e.g. yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue, and Zika) by this vector
Type of system
Homing CRISPR
Yellow fever mosquito
Readiness of Technology
3 - Preliminary laboratory work publishedPublications
Intended use
Reduction of disease transmission by this vector species
Type of system
Homing CRISPR
Yellow fever mosquito
Readiness of Technology
5 - Limited proof of concept in laboratoryPublications
Intended use
Presumably to reduce impacts on human health from Yellow fever and dengue transmission by this vector species, however the authors do not make this explicit
Type of system
Split homing CRISPR
Yellow fever mosquito
Readiness of Technology
5 - Limited proof of concept in laboratoryPublications
Intended use
Presumably population modification to reduce impacts on human health from transmission of pathogens by this vector species.
Type of system
Split homing gene drive targeting Kmo with multiplexed gRNAs
Yellow fever mosquito
Readiness of Technology
3 - Preliminary laboratory work publishedPublications
Intended use
Reduction of disease transmission by this vector species
Type of system
Proposed gene drive targeting leucine aminopeptidase1 (LAP1)
Yellow fever mosquito
Readiness of Technology
5 - Limited proof of concept in laboratoryPublications
Intended use
Reduction of disease transmission by this vector species
Type of system
Homing CRISPR targeting Kmo gene
Asian tiger mosquito
Readiness of Technology
3 - Preliminary laboratory work publishedPublications
Intended use
Reduction in transmission of arboviruses (e.g. yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue, and Zika) by this vector.
Type of system
Homing CRISPR
Asian tiger mosquito
Readiness of Technology
3 - Preliminary laboratory work publishedPublications
Intended use
Reduction in transmission of arboviruses (e.g. yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue, and Zika) by this vector.