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Researchers reveal how a virus hijacks insect sperm: May help control disease vectors and pestsPennsylvania State University, Phys.org, 2024.A new study led by researchers at Penn State has uncovered how a widespread bacteria called Wolbachia and a virus that it carries can cause sterility in male insects by hijacking their sperm. Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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On EAC’s GMO disharmony and little-known GM mosquito researchGitura Mwaura, The New Times, 2024.A meeting in Dar es Salaam in November 2022 sought to chart the legal way forward for the Target Malaria and Transmission Zero Project, as the research initiative is called. Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Brazil’s record dengue surge: why a vaccine campaign is unlikely to stop itMariana Lenharo, Nature, 2024.A vaccine shortage and persistent sanitation problems threaten the success of the world’s first public vaccination campaign against dengue virus. Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Brazil city deploys modified mosquitos to fight dengue surgeReuters, The Globe and Mail, 2024.A British biotechnology company is betting on a solution to Brazil's surging dengue cases, involving the release of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the viral infection's spread. Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Flight Against Infections: The Role of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes, with Dr. Stephanie JamesEeKs on Health, YouTube, 2024.In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Stephanie James about the potential use of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) to fight diseases that mosquitoes carry and spread, such as Malaria and Dengue Fever. In the podcast, Dr. James provides an overview ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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CRISPR could eradicate horrific parasite that’s killing cattleKristin Houser, Freethink, 2024.Uruguay is developing a CRISPR gene drive to eradicate the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that kills cattle in a painful, grisly fashion. Releasing it into the wild would have risks, but if it works, it could help rid South America of this horrific agricultural pest. The ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Protecting the peppers: Unlocking the potential of the sterile insect techniqueSociety of Chemical Industry, Phys.org, 2024.For the first time, researchers in Canada have investigated the use of the sterile insect technique for controlling populations of the pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii, an economically significant crop pest in North America. The paper, published in Pest Management Science, ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Mosquito Control releases over 100K sterile male mosquitos to combat Aedes aegypti populationNBC2 News, YouTube, 2024.Mosquito Control releases over 100K sterile male mosquitos to combat Aedes aegypti population Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Gene Drive Systems To Control Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes Make HeadwayJoshua Ang, Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research, 2024.Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are known vectors of several diseases, including dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika, which impact millions of people worldwide each year. The effectiveness of existing insecticide-based methods to control this mosquito is threatened by growing ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Revolutionizing Livestock Biosecurity: Using CRISPR Technology to Combat the New World ScrewwormDr. Jessica Nelson, Medriva, 2024.The New World screwworm, a persistent parasite responsible for significant damage to the global livestock industry, may soon meet its match. Researchers at Uruguay's National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) have developed a gene drive using CRISPR technology to combat ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Uruguay wants to use gene drives to eradicate devastating screwwormsAbdullahi Tsanni, MIT Technology Review, 2024.On a warm, sunny day in Montevideo, Uruguay, the air is smogless and crisp. Inside a highly secured facility at the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) are a sophisticated gene gun, giant microscopes, and tens of thousands of gene-edited flies, their bright blue ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Modified mosquitoes may save millions more lives in Latin AmericaMarina E. Franco, Axios, 2024.A program that uses genetically engineered mosquitoes in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to reduce the prevalence of diseases that can be fatal may soon serve millions more people. Why it matters: Outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever —diseases carried by ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Taking the fight against disease to mosquitoesGregory Devine, Setopati, 2024.In the medium term it's likely that suppression strategies involving self-limiting genetic modifications, Wolbachia infection and irradiation will be extended to a small number of our most important mosquito vectors of disease. Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Biotech Mosquitoes Can Help to Regain Ground in Fight Against MalariaFlorence Banoba, East News, 2024.In response to the recent opinion articles that ran in the National print and online media in the last couple of days (1st and 5th February, 2024), regarding the use of GMO technology as a tool in the fight against malaria, I wish to address the writer’s broad-brush dismissal ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Maui ‘ground zero’ for release of billions of biopesticide lab-altered mosquitoesMichael Nevradakis, LifeSite, 2024.Up to 775,992,000 bacteria-infected mosquitoes could be released in Maui every week for the next 20 years, according to Hawaii Unites, an environmental advocacy group that last month lost its bid to require the state to conduct an environmental impact statement before allowing ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Judge sides with Hawaii to block challenge to mosquito release planCandice Cheung, Courthouse News Service, 2024.A planned program to save endemic Hawaiian birds from avian malaria by releasing thousands of biopesticide mosquitoes into Maui’s rainforest will go on, despite an attempt by an environmental nonprofit to block the project.First Circuit Court Judge John Tonaki ruled Tuesday ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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SPOTLIGHT: Gene Drives for Malaria Elimination in AfricaIfakara Health Institute, YouTube, 2024.This SPOTLIGHT Series features Dr. Marceline Finda, a distinguished Research Scientist at Ifakara Health Institute. The insightful 20-minute discussion centered around the topic: "Gene Drives for Malaria Elimination in Africa." Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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South American cities release mosquitoes to stem diseaseRoberto González, SciDev.Net, 2024.When Waldeir Barbosa da Silva explained to his family that he was going to release hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes into the open, infected with a bacterium, they were surprised. In Niterói, southeast Brazil, where da Silva lives, diseases spread by mosquitoes, such as ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Off the news: Gene-altered mosquitoes to the rescueStar Advertiser, 2024.A legal attempt to block deployment of genetically modified mosquitoes in a Maui forest was rejected in Circuit Court on Tuesday — cause for celebration among those hoping to save near-extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers. State and federal wildlife officials plan a staged ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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Opinion: A cautionary tale of experimenting with genetically modified mosquitoes in UgandaBarbara Ntambirweki, The Independent, 2024.The Uganda Virus Research Institute is pressing forward with gene drive technology which provides a way to rapidly, permanently, and genetically modify wild animals or plants. Gene drive organisms, are a genetically modified organism (GMO) designed to spread a genetic ... Keywords: induced sterility, population control, wolbachia |
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