Biotech
Gene Drive
A genetic tool that can alter—and potentially eliminate—entire species has taken a dramatic leap forward
Stories by Cynthia H. Collins
Cynthia H. Collins is an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she applies interdisciplinary approaches—from synthetic biology and microbial genomics to big data—to understand diverse microbiomes and engineer useful properties into microbes. She was a 2016 World Economic Forum's Young Scientist and has served on the Forum's Global Future Council on Biotechnologies (2016–2018).
