External resources

An informal, non-exhaustive collection of educational videos, reports, and links to organisations offering science-based information on gene drives, collected in October 2024. Feel free to explore these resources, and if you believe the list could be updated with complementary, relevant, and non-polarising materials, please reach out through the contact form!

Videos:

• What is a Gene Drive? (1:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75iP50LEHrU
• What is Gene Drives about? (3:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqr1dicd_fw
• Gene Drives Can Wipe Out Entire Species… Or Save Them (2:25) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNppGkcl2A
• How to Eradicate One of our Deadliest Enemies – Gene Drive and Malaria (7:03) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnzcwTyr6cE
• Gene Editing Can Now Change an Entire Species – Forever (12:25) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_OhvOumT0&t
• Kevin Esvelt (MIT) 1: Gene Drive (25:22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X715cD02sA
• Kevin Esvelt (MIT) 2: Gene Drive and Local Drive (32:58) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23AjcB48x3A

Reports:

• CBD Voluntary Guidance to Support Risk Assessments of LMOs containing Engineered Gene Drives (2024) https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/175e/90b0/89c0c71660cccc1539adf34f/cp-mop-11-09-en.pdf (.pdf)
• CBD Technical Series on Synthetic Biology (2022) https://www.cbd.int/synbio
• The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Gene Drives: Pursuing Opportunities, Minimizing Risks (2020) https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/200518-gene-drives-report.pdf (.pdf)
• IUCN Genetic Frontiers for Conservation (2019) https://portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/documents/2019-012-En.pdf (.pdf)
• AUDA Gene Drives for Malaria Control and Elimination in Africa (2018) https://www.nepad.org/publication/gene-drives-malaria-control-and-elimination-africa
• Royal Society Gene Drive Research: Why It Matters (2018) https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/publications/2018/08-11-18-gene-drive-statement.pdf (.pdf)
• NAS Gene Drives on the Horizon (2016) https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23405/gene-drives-on-the-horizon-advancing-science-navigating-uncertainty-and

Organisations:

• Geneconvene https://www.geneconvenevi.org/
• Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research https://genedrivenetwork.org/
• Gene Drive Governance https://www.genedrivegovernance.org/