New Gene Drive Reverses Insecticide Resistance in Pests… Then Disappears
today.ucsd.edu
UC San Diego geneticists have developed a gene drive-based solution to the widespread problem of insecticide resistance. In an effort to protect valuable crops, the researchers created an “e-Drive” that reverses insecticide resistance and then disappears from the insect population.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-25 11:13:23+00:00.

Original Title: Scientists create new gene drive system that converts insecticide-resistant forms of mutated insect genes back to their natural, native form, and then disappears. In lab experiments all of the offspring were converted to native genes in eight-to-10 generations, which took about six months in flies.