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Importation of the non gene drive male bias mosquito to Uganda

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Target 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?

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The 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

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African 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

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African 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

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African 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

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Reuters,  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

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Biology 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

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African 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?

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Triangle 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

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The 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?

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Brooke 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

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Cristela 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 ...

TEDxGreatMills | Michael Santos | High-Stakes Decision Making for World-Changing Technologies

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Most advanced gene drive projects

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Gene Drive Monitor,  2024.
This infographic shows the species in which a gene drive has actually been built and is at least partially functional, up to 1 March 2024. Note that gene drives have been proposed in many more species, as shown our taxonomic list of targets here. Along with gene drives it ...

TWiV 1161: Baby you can drive my gene

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MicrobeTV,  YouTube,  2024.
TWiV reviews continuing expansion of poliovirus type 2, removal of influenza B/Yamagata from the vaccine, Nobel Prize for miRNAs, protective immune response with a adenovirus-associated virus vector expressing a computationally designed hemagglutinin, and viral gene drive during ...

GeneConvene Global Collaborative | Considerations for the First Field Trials of Gene Drive for Malaria

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GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  YouTube,  2024.
A webinar organized by the GeneConvene Global Collaborative discussed the potential first field trials of gene drive technology for malaria control. This genetic modification approach aims to alter mosquito populations to reduce their ability to transmit malaria. While laboratory ...

Why are gene drive technologies being considered to help restore biodiversity on islands?

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Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research,  2024.
Researchers have been studying how to harness gene drives to solve some of society’s most intractable problems for a long time. Public health and ecosystem conservation are two of the main areas where research has focused, although other uses are also possible.

Mosquito population structure and gene-drive

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Heredity Podcast,  2024.
Gene-drives hold great potential for the control of biological pests, but first they need to be thoroughly tested under appropriate conditions. In this episode we discuss some new work assessing whether mosquito populations in Northern Australia could be used to test a gene-drive ...

Communicating Creatively About Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

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Lorraine Gibson,  Target Malaria,  2023.
In 2018, the Target Malaria team at Imperial College London published a  landmark paper  in Nature Biotechnology. The study demonstrated how gene drive mosquitoes successfully suppressed a population of wild-type malaria mosquitoes, marking a significant milestone for gene ...

ISAAA Inc. | Genetic Tools For Conservation and Health: What’s The Role of Gene Drives?

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Kristine Grace N. Tome,  Science Speaks,  2023.
ISAAA Inc., in partnership with the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research and the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC), gathered approximately 834 online participants during the webinar Genetic Tools for Conservation and Health: What's the Role of Gene Drives? ...

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