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Genetically modified mice could fight Lyme disease in Massachusetts
Tags: Genetic engineering, North America, Other arthropods, RodentsDave Puglisi, 7News, 2026.
Tiny insects are spreading a devastating disease. Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) believe they’ve discovered something that could help stop Lyme disease before it starts. “The right side of my body went numb. I felt disoriented. My heart was ...
Out-of-the-Box Innovations Against Malaria
Tags: Genetically modified mosquitoes, MalariaForeign Policy, 2025.
Malaria kills nearly 600,000 people every year, with 95 percent of deaths occurring in Africa. Most of them are children under the age of 5. While progress on curbing malaria has flattened in recent years, new scientific breakthroughs may bring the world closer than ever not ...
Gene Drive Variations – BJC Submission
Tags: Gene drive, Gene drive mechanisms, Gene drive synthetic, VideoMatt Lambie, YouTube, 2025.
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz
Tags: Dengue, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Mosquitoes, South/Central America, Video, WolbachiaAdam Levy & Mariana Lenharo, Nature, 2025.
Raising mosquitoes to tackle disease might sound like an odd concept, but that’s what a facility in Brazil is aiming to do. Millions of mosquitoes are produced there every week, but these insects carry harmless Wolbachia bacteria that curbs their ability to spread deadly ...
Governance Landscape of Gene Drive for Malaria
Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Governance, Malaria, Mosquitoes, Regulation, Risk assessment, Stakeholder engagementGeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2025.
This infographic presents a hypothetical example of how real governance mechanisms could work to make decisions about gene drive field trials.
Ecology and evolution in gene drive modeling
Tags: Ecology, Gene drive, Modeling, VideoNSF-Simons NITMB, YouTube, 2025.
Speaker: Gili Greenbaum Title: Ecology and evolution in gene drive modeling This talk was recorded as part of the Modeling and Theory in Population Biology workshop at NITMB. The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) aims to ...
RESEARCH GROUP PUSHES GENE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY TO END MALARIA IN AFRICA || NEWS UPDATE
Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Malaria, VideoIDEA TV, YouTube, 2025.
Importation of the non gene drive male bias mosquito to Uganda
Tags: Africa, Mosquitoes, Regulation, Target malaria, VideoTarget Malaria, YouTube, 2025.
This video documents the importation of non gene drive male bias mosquitoes by Target Malaria’s team in Uganda. The video follows the journey from Entebbe Airport to the Arthropod Containment Level 2 (ACL2) insectary at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, highlighting key ...
Gene Drive Mosquitoes: Can We End Malaria?
Tags: Africa, CRISPR, Gene drive, Malaria, VideoThe Curious Scholarette, YouTube, 2025.
What if we could genetically modify mosquitoes to stop malaria in its tracks? In this episode of The Curious Scholarette, we explore the groundbreaking world of gene-drive technology — a powerful tool that could eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitoes by altering their DNA. But ...
Status of gene drive research in Africa; Ifakara Health Institute
Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Regulation, VideoAfrican Genetic Biocontrol Consortium, YouTube, 2025.
The African Genetic Biocontrol Consortium is an agreement established by not-for-profit member organizations based in Africa with a vision to build an informed local leadership to support the requirements for development, decision-making and on the utility of genetic biocontrol ...
The state of regulatory and governance frameworks for gene drives outside of Africa
Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Governance, PolicyAfrican Genetic Biocontrol Consortium, YouTube, 2025.
Regional and global perspectives on gene drive regulation. Discussion on the state of regulatory and governance frameworks for gene drives outside of Africa, covering regional priorities and challenges.
Global and regional updates on gene drive governance; AUDA-NEPAD update on regional work
Tags: Africa, Governance, Policy, Synthetic biology, VideoAfrican Genetic Biocontrol Consortium, YouTube, 2025.
AUDA-NEPAD update on regional work. Presentation on AUDA-NEPAD’s initiatives and progress in governance and capacity-building efforts related to synthetic biology, particularly on gene drives.
Inside the lab breeding malaria resistant GM mosquitoes
Tags: Gene drive, Malaria, VideoReuters, YouTube, 2025.
An international team of scientists are developing genetically modified mosquitoes that can slowly convert the entire wild population of mosquitoes resistant to transmitting malaria, the world’s most deadly disease.
What Is Gene Drive? – Biology For Everyone
Tags: Gene drive, VideoBiology for Everyone, YouTube, 2025.
What Is Gene Drive? In this informative video, we will introduce you to the intriguing concept of gene drive, a revolutionary technology that enables the rapid transmission of specific traits within a species. We will break down the mechanics of how gene drive works, including ...
2nd Edition Report: Gene Drives for Malaria Control and Elimination in Africa
Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Malaria, PolicyAfrican Union High-Level Panel on Emerging Technologies, APET Secretariat, 2025.
Malaria continues to impose a significant economic and public health burden on Africa. In 2021, the continent accounted for 95% of the global 247 million new malaria cases and 96% of the 619,000 malaria-related deaths. Notably, over three-quarters (77%) of these deaths occurred ...
What are the evolutionary considerations of rodent gene drives for conservation and human health?
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Rodents, VideoTriangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine, YouTube, 2025.
Biodiversity, human health, and food security can all be impacted by invasive rodents. These negative impacts are particularly seen on islands, where rodent eradications with traditional methods can sometimes fail due to evolutionary resistance. Gene drives may offer an approach ...
Genetically modified mosquitoes could combat deadly diseases, scientists say
Tags: Genetically modified mosquitoes, Mosquito husbandry, VideoThe Sydney Morning Herald, 2025.
Genetically modified mosquitoes could be the solution to stopping deadly diseases spread by mosquito bites, scientists say.
Should We Unleash GMO Mosquitoes?
Tags: Ethics, Genetically modified organisms, MosquitoesBrooke Borel and Anna Rothschild, Entanglements, 2024.
In this episode of Entanglements, hosts Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild discuss the ethics and risks of genetically modified (GMO) mosquitoes. They explore differing expert opinions, focusing on technologies like gene drives and sterile males, examining ecological and safety ...
How genetically engineered mice could stop the spread of Lyme disease
Tags: Genetic biocontrol, North America, Population modification/replacement, RodentsCristela Guerra and Stephanie Brown, WBUR Radio Boston, 2024.
New England has some of the highest rates of Lyme disease in the country. MIT researchers are trying to fight the disease in a project that involves releasing hundreds of thousands of engineered mice onto the shores of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. On Radio Boston, Kevin ...
