Media Communication
MEDIA IMPACT – 2015-2025:

  • Science/AAAS News - John Bohannon, ‘'Chain reaction' spread gene through insects." - March 19, 2015.
  • U-T San Diego - Bradley J. Fikes, “Engineered genes can self-propagate.” - March 19, 2015.
  • NBC News - Adam Boyle, “Gene Method Makes Mutants More Easily, and Sparks Concern.” - March 19, 2015.
  • GenomeWeb - Andrea Anderson, ”Paper Outlines Scheme to Create Transmissible CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Edits.” - March 19, 2015.
  • The Scientist Magazine - Jenny Rood, ”CRISPR Chain Reaction.” - March 19, 2015.
  • Science Daily - “New genetic method promises to advance gene research and control insect pests” - March 19, 2015.
  • PBS - Tim De Chant, “Let’s Talk About Designer Wild Critters, Not Designer Babies” - March 20, 2015.
  • Ars Technica - John Timmer, “New DNA construct can set off a mutagenic chain reaction” - March 26, 2015
  • KUSI TV - Ross Becker. “San Diego People - Supercharged gene editing.” - March 29, 2015.
  • BioTechniques - Janelle Weaver - A new era of genetic manipulation - April 6, 2015.
  • The Guardian - Omkar Mahajan. “New Mutation Technique Could Expedite Genetic Manipulation” - April 9, 2015
  • Nature Reviews - Ester Lau. “Breaking Mendelian inheritance with CRISPR–Cas” - April 14, 2015.
  • KPBS TV & Radio - Wagner David, “Genetic Chain Reaction Sets Off Scientific Debate.” - April 17, 2015.
  • Biocentury Innovations - Simone Fishburn, “Lines in the sand” - April 26, 2015.
  • Nature - Jeantine Lunshof, “Regulate gene editing in wild animals” - May 14, 2015.
  • Nature - Heidi Ledford, “CRISPR, the disruptor” - June 4, 2015.
  • Wired - Amy Maxmen, "Easy DNA Editing Will Remake the World. Buckle Up" - July 27, 2015.
  • Nature - Heidi Ledford, “Caution urged over DNA editing in wild” - Aug 6, 2015.
  • Nature - This Week, “Driving Test” - Aug. 6, 2015.
  • Biocentury Innovations - Karen Tkach, “Drive Safely” - August 13, 2015.
  • Nature Biotechnology - Laura DeFrancesco, "Gene drive overdrive" - Oct. 8, 2015.
  • NPR - Rob Stein, "Powerful 'gene drive' can quickly change an entire species" - Nov. 5, 2015.
  • Science News - Elizabeth Pennisi, “Gene drive workshop shows technology’s promise, or peril, remains far off” Nov. 8, 2015.
  • Boston Globe STAT - Sharon Begley, “Why the FBI and pentagon are afraid of this new technology” - Nov. 12, 2015.
  • Boston Globe STAT - Sharon Begley, “Gene drive gives scientists power to hijack evolution” - Nov. 17, 2015.
  • Nature - Heidi Ledford, “Safety upgrade for gene-editing technology” - Nov. 17, 2015.
  • Nature - Claire Ainsworth, “A new breed of edits” - Dec. 3, 2015.
  • Discover - Linda Marsa, “Top 100 Discoveries 2015: #11: Splice of life” - Dec. 17, 2015.
  • Science/AAAS News - Elizabeth Pennisi, “Gene drive turns insects into malaria fighters” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • Nature - Heidi Ledford, “’Gene drive’ mosquitoes engineered to fight malaria” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • MIT Tech Review - Antonio Regalado, “With this genetic engineering technology there’s no turning back” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • Science News - Tina Saey, “Mosquitoes engineered to zap ability to carry malaria” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • NBC News - Maggie Fox “Gene-engineered mosquitoes can’t spread malaria: Researchers” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • CBS News - “Gene tech helping breed malaria-free mosquitoes” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • BBC News - Michelle Roberts, “Mutant mosquitoes ‘resist malaria’” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • KPBS - David Wagner, “Scientists spread anti-malaria genes through mosquitoes” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • New York Times - Nicholas Wade “Engineering mosquitoes’ genes to resist malaria” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • San Diego UT - Bradley Fikes “Modified mosquitoes block malaria” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • Boston Globe STAT - Sharon Begley, “Mosquito DNA altered to block malaria, not spread it” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • Ars Technica - Beth Mole, “Mutagenic chain reaction could knock malaria out of mosquitoes for good” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • UK Guardian - Ian Sample, “’Antimalarial mosquitoes’ created using controversial genetic technology” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • UK Telegraph - Sarah Knapton, “’Genetically modified mosquito no longer infects humans with malaria” - Nov. 23, 2015.
  • CNN - Hilary Whiteman, “Scientists create new strain of malaria-blocking mosquito” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • Washington Post - Sarah Kaplan, “Scientists create a mutant mosquito that could help eradicate malaria” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • Wall Street OTC - Alan O'Leary, “Genetically engineered mosquitoes may help eliminate malaria for good” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • HNGN (Headline and Global News) - Suzette Gutierrez, “Engineering mosquitoes: Malaria eradication with CRSPR? Gene editing could be the answer” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • The Scientist - Tracy Vence, “CRISPR-powered malaria mosquito gene drive” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • International Business Times - Karthick Arvinth, “US scientists breed genetically modified mosquitoes that resist malaria parasite” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • US News - Laura Neergaard, “Scientists hatch malaria-resistant mosquitoes and way to drive spread that protective gene” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • WCBV TV (Boston) - “Scientists create malaria-blocking mosquito” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • Time Magazine - Alice Park, “Researchers have created malaria-resistant mosquitoes” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • Wired - Sarah Zhang, “Researchers have created malaria-resistant mosquitoes” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • Popular Mechanics - Jay Bennet, "Gene-editing creates malaria-resistant mosquitoes” - Nov. 24, 2015.
  • Scientific American - Heidi Ledford, “Gene drive' mosquitoes engineered to fight malaria” - Nov. 25, 2015.
  • LA Times - Deborah Netburn, “Scientists aim to fight malaria with genetically engineered mosquitoes” - Nov. 25, 2015.
  • The Reporter - Ingrid Fernandez, “Genetically modified mosquito that does not transmit malaria” - Nov. 27, 2015.
  • LA Times - Alice and Shelby, “Essential California - week top stories: 3rd of 5 stories” - Nov. 28, 2015.
  • USA Today Newser - Incredible stories of the week, “#1: Scientists create malaria-proof mosquitoes” - Nov. 28, 2015.
  • Science et Avenir - "Les moustiques OGM, une solution définitive au paludisme” - Nov. 28, 2015.
  • Wireless Goodness - Tanya Belinsky, “Scientists create Malaria-blocking mosquitoes” - Nov. 28, 2015.
  • i4u News - Charles Omedo, “Scientists create mosquito population without the power to transmit malaria” - Nov. 28, 2015.
  • San Diego UT - Bradley Fikes, “Gene drive can change and entire population” - Nov. 29, 2015, re-printed in Washington Post as "Genetic engineering's new frontier" Dec. 21, 2015.
  • NIH Director's Blog - Francis Collins, “Gene drive research takes aim at malaria” - Dec. 1, 2015.
  • Science News - Tina Saey, “Gene drives spread their wings” - Dec. 2, 2015 online; "Gene drives unleashed - Dec. 12, 2015 hard copy.
  • Nature - Ewen Callahan, “Mosquitoes engineered to pass on genes that would wipe out their species” - Dec. 7, 2015.
  • Princeton Review - Jessica McLaughlin, “Malaria: Did scientists finally find a solution?" - Dec. 9, 2015.
  • Smithsonian Magazine - Danny Lewis, “Genetically modified mosquitoes could help fight malaria: Two research groups offer different solutions to one big problem" - Dec. 17, 2015.
  • Science - John Travis, “CRISPR: Breakthrough of the year: Making the cut” - Dec. 17, 2015.
  • Science - Marcia McNutt, “Breakthrough to genome editing” - Dec. 17, 2015.
  • KPBS - David Wagner, “San Diego gene editing research cited in journals 'Breakthrough of the year'” - Dec. 17, 2015.
  • LA Times - Deborah Netburn, “Catching up with CRISPR, the Swiss army knife of genetic engineering” - Dec. 17, 2015.
  • NY Times - Nicholas Wade, “Gene drives offer new hope against diseases and crop pests” - Dec. 21, 2015.
  • Wired - Sarah Zhang, “Wired's guide to the year in biology and medicine” - Dec. 24, 2015.
  • Today's Science - Leila Rieder, “Engineering immunity to spread like wildfire” - Dec. 30, 2015.
  • Science in the Classroom/AAAS - Jennifer Stancill and Mellissa McCartney, “Annotated study guide for 'The mutagenic chain reaction: A method for converting heterozygous into homozygous mutations'” - 2016.
  • Nature Methods - Tal Nawy “Driving out malaria” - online Jan. 28, 2016; Feb. 2016 hard copy.
  • Boston Globe STAT - Sharon Begley, “Biologists: Let's 'sic' gene drives on Zika-carrying mosquitoes” - Feb. 3, 2016.
  • MIT Tech Review - Antonio Regalado, “We have the technology to destroy all Zika mosquitoes” – Feb. 8, 2016.
  • Pacific Standard - Michael White “Scientists can now genetically modify organisms in the wild” - Feb. 17, 2016.
  • Nature - Todd Kuiken, "Learn from DIY biologists" - Mar. 10, 2016.
  • Washington Post - Editorial Board “Swatting the Zika carriers” - Mar. 18, 2016.
  • MIT Tech Review - Antonio Regalado, “The extinction invention” – Apr. 13, 2016.
  • Time Magazine, Zika cover story - Aryn Baker, “So should we just kill them all?” May 5, 2016.
  • TED Talk - Jennifer Kahn “Gene editing can now change an entire species - forever.” May 9, 2016.
  • San Diego UT - Bradley Fikes “UCSD gene drive technology offers life-transforming power” - June 3, 2016.
  • NYT - Amy Harmon “Species-wide gene editing, applauded and feared, gets a push” - June 8, 2016.
  • Science - Elizabeth Pennisi “U.S. academies gives cautious go-ahead to gene drive” - June 8, 2016.
  • USA Today - Ashley May “Malaria-proof mosquito: Tool promise sing but needs more study” - June 8, 2016.
  • Washington Post/CNN - Lauran Neergaard/AP “Species-wide gene editing, applauded and feared, gets a push” - June 8, 2016.
  • Smithsonian Magazine - Jerry Adler “Kill all the mosquitoes?” - June, 2016.
  • NewsGram – Sarah Bodas “A powerful find that change gene in insects, animals and plants” - June 10, 2016.
  • Genetic Literacy Project - David Warmflash “Gene driving to combat insect-borne diseases: Powerful tool requiring science diplomacy” - June 12, 2016.
  • Bloomberg - Caroline Chen “Gates says altered mosquito is next weapon to fight malaria” - June 16, 2016.
  • San Diego UT - Bradley Fikes “A path forward for gene drive technologies” - Aug. 6, 2016.
  • German Public Radio- Deutchlandfunk - Michael Lange “The gene-bomb” - Aug. 28, 2016.
  • San Diego UT - Gary Robbins & Bradley Fikes “India's Tata gives UCSD $70M in hot area of genetics” - Oct. 23, 2016.
  • San Diego UT - John Wilkens “What does 2017 hold for San Diego? Lots of change and interesting people to watch: Medical Frontiers” - Jan. 1, 2017.
  • Nature (& Scientific American) - Brian Owens "Behind New Zealand’s wild plan to purge all pests" - Jan. 11, 2017.
  • NBC News - Jane Hu "4 ways this revolutionary gene-editing tool could change the world" - Mar. 1, 2017.
  • NRC Handelsblad - Marianne Heselmans "Genetische verandering in een hogere versnelling" - Apr. 1, 2017.
  • Matthew Cobb and Jennifer Doudna - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution. (Section on gene-drives: p. 148-153). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2017).
  • San Diego UT - Bradley Fikes “DARPA funds UCSD gene drive research against mosquito-borne diseases” - July 19, 2017.
  • Times of San Diego - Debbie Sklar “UC San Diego scientists involved in $14.9M gene-mosquito study” - July 19, 2017.
  • KOGO Radio - Marilyn Hyder - "UC San Diego leads fight against mosquitoes" - July 19, 2017.
  • KPBS - David Wagner " San Diego researchers studying gene-editing to control mosquito-borne disease" - July 19, 2017.
  • KPBS TV Evening News - Amita Sharma - July 20, 2017.
  • Science News - Tina Saey, “Resistance to CRIPSR gene drives may arise easily” - July 20, 2017
  • San Diego UT - Bradley Fikes “Revolutionary gene drive works in lab, but will it succeed in the wild?” - July 23, 2017.
  • KPBS - David Wagner " Study finds public pushing back of genetically modified mosquitoes" - August, 15, 2017. Radio link
  • San Diego UT - Gary Robbins “UC San Diego names new science center after Indian philanthropists” - Sept. 12, 2017.
  • KPBS - David Wagner "New UC San Diego building will bear Indian philanthropist's name" - Sept., 12, 2017.
  • Economist - "Why gene drives may never eliminate diseases or pests" - Oct. 12, 2017.
  • NIH Director's Blog - Francis Collins, “Creative minds: building a CRISPR gene drive against malaria” - Nov. 9, 2017.
  • MIT Tech Review – Antonio Regalado "Gene drive technology has been shown to work in mammals" – July 5, 2018.
  • Nature – Ewen Callaway “Controversial CRISPR ‘gene drives’ tested in mammals for first time” PDF title in journal: “Gene drives tested in mammals for first time" – July 6, 2018.
  • The Scientist – Shawna Williams "CRISPR gene-drive used to alter mouse coat color" - July 9, 2018.
  • Front Line Genomics – Francis Shaw "CRISPR gene-drive tested in mammals for first time" - July 9, 2018.
  • Science – Jon Cohen "’Gene drive’ passes first test in mammals, speeding up inheritance in mice" – July 10, 2018.
  • Royal Society – "Gene drive research: why it matters " – Nov. 8, 2018.
  • The Economist –"Gene drives promise great gains and great dangers: don’t ban, don’t rush” – Nov., 8, 2018.
  • She has her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity - Carl Zimmer "Chapter 19: The Planets Heirs". 2018, Dutton/Random House, NY: ISBN9781101984598.
  • Nature: News and Views – Bruce Conklin "’On the road to a gene drive in mammals" – Jan. 23, 2019.
  • Allen Frontiers Group – Rachel Tompa "’New CRiSPR-based method in mice upends rules of genetic inheritance" – Jan. 23, 2019.
  • The Scientist – Abby Olena "’First successful Gene drive in mammals" – Jan. 23, 2019.
  • U-T San Diego – Bradley J. Fikes, "’Gene drive, a powerful way to speed genetic inheritance, shown for first time in mammals UCSD researchers say" – Jan. 23, 2019.
  • Scientific American – John Rennie "’Gene drives shown to work in female mice" – Jan. 28, 2019.
  • Futurism/The Byte – Kristin Hauser "Gene-hacking breakthrough could nix mammals' ability to reproduce: Researchers made mice inherit albinism - and glow red." – Feb. 8, 2019.
  • GEN: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News –"Gene drive modified to run allelic errands." – April 10, 2019.
  • UPI: United Press International – Brian P. Dunleavy "Research highlights potential for CRISPR in the fight against antibiotic resistance." – Dec. 16, 2019.
  • GEN: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News –"Antibiotic resistance hoops countered by gene drive feedback loops." – Dec. 16, 2019.
  • Science Advisory Board – Samantha Black "New CRISPR system efficiently battles antibiotic resistance." – Dec. 16, 2019.
  • Genetic Literacy Project –"Deadly antibiotic resistance could be countered by gene drives." – Dec. 17, 2019.
  • New York Times Magazine: Feature – Jennifer Kahn "The gene drive dilemma: We can alter entire species, but should we?" – Jan. 8/12, 2020.
  • GEN: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News –"Gene-drive control worry eased by genetic neutralizing elements." – Sept. 21, 2020.
  • Frontline Genomics – Shannon Gunn "Neutralizing gene drives." – Sept. 24, 2020.
  • La Stampa tuttoscienze – Edited by Gabriele Beccaria based on E. Bier write-up "Gene drives can neutralize parasites and diseases: The manipulations of DNA explained at the National Geographic Festival of Sciences" – Nov. 18, 2020.
  • New Yorker – Elizabeth Kolbert "CRISPR and the Splice to Survive: New gene-editing technology could be used to save species - or to eliminate them" – Jan. 11, 2021.
  • NewZealandOnlineNews/new-Medical.net – "Novel 'CopyCatchers detects when precise copying of genetic information takes places in cells" – May 11, 2021.
  • Science Daily – " New genetic copycatchers detect efficient and precise editing in a living organism: Proof of principle research shows genes can be altered with precision in cells all over the body " – May 12, 2021.
  • Lab Manager – "Genes can be accurately edited in cells throughout the body" – May 12, 2021.
  • Fierce Biotech – Angus Liu “How a genetic "CopyCatcher" opens the door to CRISPR-based precision gene therapy” – May 13, 2021.
  • Radio New Zealand (RNZ): – Daniel Street "Prof Ethan Bier: using mutated mosquitoes to control disease" – Sept. 4, 2021. (https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018811017/prof-ethan-bier-using-mutated-mosquitoes-to-control-disease) or just: https://www.nzgeo.com/audio/prof-ethan-bier-using-mutated-mosquitoes-to-control-disease/
  • Mosquitopia: The Place of Pests in Healthy World: ISBN: 978-0-367-52005-2- Marcus Hull and Dan Tamir, “Chapter 15: Designer Mosquitoes?” – 2022.
  • Popular Science – Reproduction of Nov. 10, 2021 piece in The Conversation "Animals have an internal ‘GPS’ that tells body parts where to grow. - The Waze-like system is hundreds of millions of years old" – Nov. 12, 2021.
  • BioTechniques – Storm Johnson "How do Hox genes control the way we look?" – Nov. 23, 2021.
  • Technology Networks – "CRISPR Cas9 tool reverses insecticide resistance" – Jan. 17, 2022.
  • Genetic Literacy Project – "Reducing insecticide use with CRISPR: Gene editing could naturally rollback pesticide resistance evolution in disease-carrying insects" – Jan. 19, 2022.
  • Wired – Emily Mullin "Could CRISPR flip the switch on insects' resistance to pesticides?" – Feb. 2, 2022.
  • AsianScientist – "Returning power to insecticides." – Feb. 8, 2022.
  • La Vanguardia – Beatriz Burgada "A new genetic strategy in insects to reduce the use of pesticides." – Feb. 18, 2022.
  • BioTechniques ExpressWire – "How do Hox genes control the way we look?" – Feb. 26, 2022.
  • UCSD News/KUSI News/abc10News/San Diego Metro Magazine/Eureka Alert – "UC San Diego biology lab receives $1.4 million grant to fight malaria spread" – March 30, 2022.
  • Interesting Engineering – Deena Theresa 'Soft CRISPR': Safer gene editing could bring a 70 percent success rate: This can be achieved by a simple harmless nick." – July 1, 2022.
  • The Scientist – Jason P. Dinh "New CRISPR Technique Causes Few Unintended Mutations in Fruit Flies" – July 1, 2022.
  • New Scientist – Carissa Wong 'Softer' form of CRISPR may edit genes more accurately" – July 1, 2022.
  • Freethink – Kristin Houser "Soft CRISPR” is safer and could help cure more diseases: The approach nicks DNA instead of cutting through it, taking some of the risk out of editing genes in people" – July 19, 2022.
  • Scientific American – Matthew Cobb "Gene drives could fight malaria and other global killers but might have unintended consequences (A new technology could wipe out whole species. Is it a magic bullet or a genetic atom bomb?)" – Jan. 23, 2023.
  • Leadwire – Alistair Freeman "Professor Ethan Bier: Reversing insecticide resistance" https://leadwire.com/stream/PCaTN2 – Jan. 31, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqdyxqFV20
  • Empowering Science Foundation – Raja Kushwah "Researcher Celebrities Interview" https://leadwire.com/stream/PCaTN2 – May 23, 2023. https://youtu.be/gMI-CFYiMuI
  • Nature – Sam Jones "Gene-drive technology in mosquitoes is maturing, but there are questions to answer before the malaria fighting technique can be set loose." – June 29, 2023.
  • New York Times – Stephanie Nolen "The Gamble: Can genetically modified mosquitoes end disease?" – Sept. 29, 2023.
  • Mirage – "Gene drive erases pest resistance, fades away." – Nov. 22, 2024.
  • AZO Life Sciences/MSN – "Self-eliminating e-Drive system reverses insecticide resistance in fruit flies." – Nov. 25, 2024.
  • SeedWorld – "Gene drive innovation offers solution to insecticide resistance." – Nov. 25, 2024.
  • KPBS – Tom Fudge "Engineering could help insecticides keep pest under control." – Dec. 2, 2024. [YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zuiep6rpNA]
  • New York Times – Laurie Zoloth "For the sake of 600,000 children science must be bold" – Dec. 15, 2024.
  • The Scientist – Shelby Bradford "A gene drive with a disappearing act can aid in pest control" – Feb. 14, 2025.
  • Washington Post – Dino Grandoni "We finally may be able to rid the world of mosquitoes. But should we?" – June 3, 2025.
  • NPR – Jonathan Lambert "A genetic tweak could prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria" – July 23, 2025.
  • GEN: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News – Savannah Wiegel "Malaria transmission blocked by one-amino-acid mosquito edit" – July 23, 2025.
  • abc-10News – San Diego – "UCSD team helps develop gene-editing method to block mosquitoes from spreading Malaria" – July 23, 2025.
  • NBC News7 – San Diego – "Did UC San Diego researchers just solve the global malaria problem" – July 23, 2025.
  • The Scientist – Rebecca Roberts "A single genetic tweak stops mosquitoes from spreading malaria" – July 23, 2025.
  • Science – Mitch Leslie "Controversial 'gene-drive' strategy could make mosquitoes hostile to malarial parasites: New approach aims to reduce disease transmission by quickly spreading a gene variant that occurs naturally in some mosquitoes" – July 23, 2025.
  • BBC Radio interview with George Dimopoulos: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6yfm– July 25, 2025.
  • News Medical: – Vijay Kumar Malesu "Gene-edited mosquitoes slash malaria spread 93% using self-propagating shield" – July 24, 2025.
  • Revolutionary gene drive works in lab, but will it succeed in the wild?, San Diego Union Tribune, 23 July 2017
  • DARPA funds UC gene drive research against mosquito-borne diseases, San Diego Union Tribune, 20 July 2017
  • Resistance complicates use of gene drive to control dangerous pests, San Diego Union Tribune, 20 May 2017
  • India's Tata gives UCSD $70M in hot area of genetics, San Diego Union Tribune, 23 October 2016
  • How the DNA revolution is changing us, National Geographic magazine, 01 August 2016
  • UCSD gene drive offers life-transforming technology, San Diego Union Tribune, 03 June 2016
  • Billionaire Paul Allen Bets $100 million on risky Scientific Research, STAT Magazine, 23 March 2016
  • Microsoft Pioneer Invest Big, Again, in Bioscience, Science Magazine, 23 March 2016  
  • Ethan Bier Named Allen Distinguished Investigator, Division of Biological Sciences, UCSD, 23 March 2016
  • Governance: Learn from DIY biologists, Nature, 10 March 2016
  • Annotated study guide for 'The mutagenic chain reaction: A method for converting heterozygous into homozygous mutations, Science in the Classroom/AAAS, 2016
  • San Diego Gene Editing Research Cited In Journal’s ‘Breakthrough Of The Year’ KPBS San Diego, 17 December 2015
  • Top 100 Discoveries 2015: #11: Splice of life, Discover, 17 December 2015
  • Agriculture: A new breed of edits, Nature, 03 December 2015
  • Genetic engineering's new frontier, San Diego Union Tribune, 29 November 2015
  • The 'Gene Drive' that Builds a Malaria-Proof Mosquito, WIRED Magazine, 24 November 2015
  • Scientists Create a Mutant Mosquito that could Help Eradicate Malaria, Washington Post, 24 November 2015
  • What's Scarier? Tinkering with Mosquito DNA, or Malaria?, Washington Post, 24 November 2015
  • GMO Mosquito May Kill Malaria, U.S. News & World Health, 24 November 2015
  • Researchers Have Created Malaria-Resistant Mosquitoes, TIME Magazine, 24 November 2015
  • Mutant Mosquitoes are Resistant to Malaria, Scientists Say, Huffington Post, 24 November 2015
  • Gene Drive Turns Insects into Malaria Fighters, Science Magazine, 23 November 2015
  • Engineering Mosquitoes' Genes to Resist Malaria, NY Times, 23 November 2015
  • Gene-Engineered Mosquitoes Can't Spread Malaria, NBC News, 23 November 2015
  • Gene Drive Mosquitoes Engineered to Fight Malaria, Nature News, 23 November 2015 
  • Gene Drive Gives Scientists Power to Hack Evolution, STAT, 17 November 2015
  • Safety Upgrade Found for Gene-Editing Technique, Nature News, 16 November 2015
  • Gene drive gives scientists power to hijack evolution, Boston Globe STAT, 17 November 2015
  • Why the FBI and pentagon are afraid of this new technology, Boston Globe STAT, 12 November 2015
  • Gene drive workshop shows technology’s promise, or peril, remains far off, Science News, 08 November 2015
  • Powerful 'gene drive' can quickly change an entire species, NPR, 05 November 2015
  • Gene drive overdrive, Nature Biotechnology, 08 October 2015
  • Drive Safely, Biocentury Innovations, 13 August 2015
  • Caution urged over editing DNA in wildlife (intentionally or not), Nature, 06 August 2015
  • Driving Test, Nature, 06 August 2015
  • Caution Urged Over Editing DNA in Wildlife (Intentionally or Not), Nature News, 04 August 2015 
  • Easy DNA Editing Will Remake the World, Buckle Up, Wired, 27 July 2015
  • Eine Kettenreaktion gegen Malaria, Neue Bücher Zeitung, 17 June 2015
  • ​Regulate gene editing in wild animals, Nature, 14 May 2015
  • Genetic Chain Reaction Sets Off Scientific Debate, KPBS TV & Radio, 17 April 2015
  • Breaking Mendelian inheritance with CRISPR–Cas, Nature Reviews, 14 April 2015
  • Genome editing is the new black, BioMed Central, 14 April 2015
  • New Mutation Technique Could Expedite Genetic Manipulation, UCSD Guardian, 09 April 2015
  • A new era of genetic manipulation, BioTechniques, 06 April 2015
  • ​San Diego People - Supercharged gene editing, KUSI TV, 29 March 2015
  • ​New DNA construct can set off a mutagenic chain reaction, Ars Technica, 26 March 2015
  • Let’s Talk About Designer Wild Critters, Not Designer Babies, PBS, 20 March 2015
  • Un nuovo tipo di lotta genetica alle parassitosi, Le Scienze, 20 March 2015
  • 'Chain reaction' spreads gene through insects, Science/AAAS News, 19 March 2015
  • ​CRISPR Chain Reaction, The Scientist Magazine, 19 March 2015
  • Engineered genes can self propagate, San Diego Union Tribune, 19 March 2015
  • Gene Method Makes Mutants More Easily, and Sparks Concerns, NBC News, 19 March 2015
  •  New genetic method promises to advance gene research and control insect pests, Phys.org, 19 March 2015
  • New genetic method promises to advance gene research and control insect pests, Science Daily, 19 March 2015
  • New Genetic Method Promises to Advance Gene Research and Control Insect Pests, UC San Diego News Center, 19 March 2015