Gene Drive in the News

A curated collection of articles from the popular press

Scientists Evaluate Environmental Impacts of Gene Drive Organisms

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Staff,  American Laboratory,  2020-09-04 18:06:56.
Researcher Marion Dolezel, from the Environment Agency Austria, and a team of international scientists published in the open-access journal BioRisk, discuss the potential risks and impacts on the environment.

Why Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Won’t Come to Texas Anytime Soon

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C. Adams,  RA News,  2020-09-04 15:03:04.
Talks about releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Houston began in 2018 between Harris County and Oxitec, a United Kingdom-based company that produces sustainable technologies or transgenic methodologies to stem the impact of disease-spreading insects. Talk also began about a similar action in Monroe County, Fla.

Do Africans need genetically modified mosquitoes?

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genetically modified, mosquito, oxitec, autocidal, SIT, perspective, malaria, gene drive synthetic, engagement,,  Mail and Guardian,  2020-09-01 14:32:06.
The following is an updated version of an article I wrote for the University of Michigan Risk Science Centre a while ago:

Non-GMO approach reduces cases of mosquito-borne dengue by 77%

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GM Watch,  GM Watch,  2020-08-31 13:55:39.
A randomized field trial found that mosquitoes infected with a natural bacterium called Wolbachia reduced cases of dengue by an "extraordinary" 77%.

An accident waiting to happen: Tech company to release 750 MILLION GMO mosquitoes in Florida to fight dengue fever

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Z. Sky,  NEWSTARGET,  2020-08-30 20:31:13.
Oxitec plans to release 750 million OX5034s into the Florida Keys, something that sounds like the beginning of a doomed science-fiction movie. But the most shocking thing here is the fact that Oxitec received the EPA’s approval in May.

Genetically-modified mosquito plan offers hope for Keys, world

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P. Goodman,  keynews.com,  2020-08-29 14:25:12.
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District Board of Commissioners voted 4-to-1 to approve a trial using Oxitec’s second-generation genetically modified mosquitoes. I

Bacteria-Laced Mosquitoes Limit Spread of Dengue

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A. Heidt,  The Scientist,  2020-08-29 14:05:32.
Researchers have infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes—the species responsible for passing on many diseases—with bacteria called Wolbachia with the intent of reducing the insects’ ability to pass on dengue to people.

The good mosquito versus the bad

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D. Datta,  Business Standard,  2020-08-29 14:01:00.
Starting 2021, around 750 million genetically modified (GM) Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes will be released in batches into the Florida Keys.

Florida Will Release 750 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Stop Disease Spread

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A. Fahmy,  verywell health,  2020-08-28 14:36:32.
The hope is to prevent the spread of Dengue fever, a painful virus acquired only by mosquito bite which made a reappearance in the Florida Keys in 2009.

Scientists infect mosquitoes with bacteria to stop the transmission of dengue fever in Indonesia, dropping infection rates by 77 percent

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D. Avery,  Daily Mail,  2020-08-28 14:15:52.
The team found that dengue infections were 77 percent lower in treated neighborhoods, compared to areas not exposed to the infected insects.

The mosquito strategy that could eliminate dengue

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E. Callaway,  Nature,  2020-08-27 14:19:52.
The study, conducted in an Indonesia city, showed that releasing mosquitoes modified to carry a bacterium called Wolbachia, which stops the insects from transmitting some viruses, led to a steep drop in cases of dengue fever.

Researchers Find New Approach To Control Dengue, Zika By Genetically Modifying Mosquitoes

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N. Sharma,  R. Republicworld.com,  2020-08-27 14:11:56.
A new study carried out in Indonesia has shown that dengue infection rates decreased in regions where the genetically modified mosquitoes were introduced.

Australian research takes aim at dengue, another killer virus

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E. Connors,  Finanacial Review,  2020-08-26 20:22:39.
Australian researchers have teamed up with Indonesian philanthropists to strike a blow against dengue fever, the deadly disease that was a growing scourge in south-east Asia and South America long before COVID-19.

Australian scientists slash dengue fever in Indonesia by infecting mosquitoes with bacteria

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A. Barker,  ABC News,  2020-08-26 20:17:56.
Australian scientists may have found the secret to eradicating dengue fever, with a lengthy trial in Indonesia drastically reducing the incidence of the mosquito-borne virus.

Deep dive: Florida’s GM mosquito experiment aims to rewrite rules of vector-borne diseases

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S. Kannan,  India Today,  2020-08-26 14:33:36.
A pathbreaking bioengineering experiment on mosquito populations that could have massive implications for tropical malaria-affected countries like India has got underway in Florida, US.

Fighting mosquito-borne diseases… with mosquitoes

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N. Gubert and A. Baubeau,  Phys Org,  2020-08-26 13:13:41.
For decades, researchers have scratched their heads over how to combat deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.

Bug board OKs release of genetically modified mosquitoes

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T. O'Hara,  keynews.com,  2020-08-26 13:08:07.
After nearly 10 years of debate, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District board has approved an agreement with biotech company Oxitec to conduct a test release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Monroe County as part of a mosquito limiting or eradication plan.

Genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys to combat dengue, zika, and yellow fever.

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Yucatan Times,  Yucatan Times,  2020-08-26 13:04:27.
The Florida Keys will be the scene of the first test in the United States with genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, an alternative to insecticides and larvicides to end the transmission of diseases such as dengue, zika and yellow fever that has always been surrounded by controversy.

Transgenic moths released to end one of the worst pests on the planet

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B. Mandalia,  Pledge Times,  2020-08-25 14:49:50.
Today the results of the first open field experiment with another of the creations of this biotechnology company are published. It is a variant of the moth Plutella xylostella which is one of the worst agricultural pests in the world.

750 million genetically modified mosquitoes soon released in the wild!

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explica,  explica,  2020-08-25 14:42:52.
Rather frightening mosquitoes will be released on an archipelago in Florida. The goal? Reduce the population of their more dangerous congeners who can transmit certain diseases.

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