Within the domain of public health, vector-borne diseases are among the most vehemently discussed issues. Recent scientific breakthroughs in genome editing technology provided a solution to this issue in the form of a gene drive that might decrease and even eradicate vector-borne diseases. Gene drives are engineered, and designed genes that can break typical inheritance rules and be passed to almost all of the carrier’s offspring. This genome editing and gene drive technology has become a powerful tool for ecological and environmental engineering, through which man can manipulate his surroundings, adjusting it to himself and directly mastering evolution and the ecosystem. Although the gene drive technology has been perceived as promising in the public health domain, ecological implications of its use are not to be underestimated. The primary aim of this paper is to overcome the ongoing discussion which mostly focuses on whether priority should be given to the environment or to public health, and to find an adequate answer and solution. In this quest to find the proper answer and solution, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s thought might be useful, especially his concepts of the biosphere and the noosphere which may provide some clarifications as to why we are at the moment so cautious with gene drive technology and how we need to move towards a better common future on earth.

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德日进 (Teilhard de Chardin) 的作品参与了出于公共健康原因而释放基因驱动器的持续讨论

在公共卫生领域，媒介传播的疾病是讨论最激烈的问题之一。最近基因组编辑技术的科学突破以基因驱动的形式解决了这个问题，可能会减少甚至根除媒介传播的疾病。基因驱动器经过工程设计，可以打破典型的遗传规则并传递给几乎所有携带者的后代。这种基因组编辑和基因驱动技术已成为生态和环境工程的有力工具，人类可以通过它操纵周围的环境，适应自己，直接掌握进化和生态系统。尽管基因驱动技术在公共卫生领域被认为很有前景，但其使用的生态影响也不容低估。本文的主要目的是克服目前主要关注是否应优先考虑环境或公共卫生的讨论，并找到适当的答案和解决方案。在寻找正确答案和解决方案的过程中，皮埃尔·德日进（Pierre Teilhard de Chardin）的思想可能是有用的，特别是他的生物圈和人类圈的概念，这可能会澄清为什么我们目前对基因驱动技术如此谨慎以及如何我们需要走向地球上更美好的共同未来。