Scientists have knocked out genes that trigger cane toad tadpoles to turn into active toads, turning them into "Peter ...

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Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane toad problem ...

Scientists have gene-edited a cane toad egg to prevent a hatchling growing past the tadpole stage. The gene knockout technique could be scaled up and potentially used to manage the invasive species.

Joshua Prieto / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow up—they ...

The science inspires too, if it works. A man, a plan, a Peter Pan, and goodbye cane toad. Maybe. Forever a tadpole, never a toad. The man is Professor Rick Shine, an evolutionary biologist and ...

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The hatchlings instead stay in the tadpole stage for months longer than usual, during which cane toads practice cannibalism and feed on their own kind. If this gene editing can be scaled up, releasing ...

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