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Ethical dilemma: Should we get rid of mosquitoes?Talya Hackett, TED-Ed, 2023.
Mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths every year than any other animal, but very few of the 3,500 mosquito species actually transmit deadly diseases to humans. Scientists have been conducting experiments using engineered technologies called gene drives that could ... |
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Discovery of 119-Million year old Selfish Genes Casts Doubt on Established Evolution BeliefsStowers Institute for Medical Research, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 2022.
Meiotic drivers, a kind of selfish gene, are indeed selfish. They are found in virtually all species’ genomes, including humans, and unjustly transfer their genetic material to more than half of their offspring, resulting in infertility and impaired organism health. Their ... |
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SHOULD WE CREATE GENE DRIVE GREY SQUIRRELSS. Hartley and T. Law, GeneDriveGovernance.org, 2022.
UK scientists have proposed gene drive as a management tool to control grey squirrels. Now is a good time to talk about this emerging technology because the hopes and concerns of experts, stakeholders and the public can help to determine if or how it might be developed. To help ... |
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WORLDWIDE: EXPERTS ON GENE DRIVESStop Gene Drive, STOP GENE DRIVES, 2022.
We are travelling the world speaking to some of the world’s leading thinkers, activists and academics on the impact of gene drives. We interviewed more than 20 experts from around the world |
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Inside the Plan to Release Life-Saving MosquitoesWIRED, WIRED, 2022.
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District is turning towards a novel tool to combat harmful insecticide-resistant mosquitoes like the Aedes aegypti. What are they doing exactly? They're releasing millions of genetically modified male mosquitoes engineered to reduce the ... |
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The power of gene editingThe Economist, The Economist, 2022.
Technologies such as genetic modification and ‘CRISPR’ will cure hereditary diseases, produce disease-resistant crops and enable the breeding of malaria-free mosquitos. But advances bring ethical and practical dilemmas. Genetically modified food is banned in the EU, and ... |
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In Real Life: GMOsquitoesNewsy, Newsy, 2021.
The release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida gives hope of reducing the spread of disease while causing concerns among some citizens. |
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Unique effort underway to control deadly mosquitos in Florida KeysK. Corso and L. Aguirre, Local10.com, 2021.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 50% of the world’s population is under the threat of mosquito borne diseases. In South Florida, the Keys are a hot spot for infection and now the first place in the United States for a novel approach to eradicating these ... |
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West African countries working together to develop framework to regulate genetically engineered mosquitos: Target MalariaAnonymous, Global News, 2021.
Abdoulaye Diabaté, principal investigator for Target Malaria, says West African countries like Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin are working with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to develop a pan-West African framework to regulate gene drive mosquitos. |
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Fighting disease: How are genetically engineered mosquitoes regulated?A. Julie, Global News, 2021.
Mosquitoes have long been associated with the spread of diseases like malaria, dengue fever and the Zika virus. But scientists around the world have been exploring the possibility that mosquitoes could also be key to slowing the spread of disease. By genetically altering the DNA ... |
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Genetically modified mosquitoes; WHO issues new guidance for researchDTE Staff, Down To Earth, 2021.
Genetically-modified mosquitoes or GMMs have been used across the world to control mosquitoes. GMMs have been able to bring down the population of the Aedes aegypti by 90 per cent in countries like Brazil, the Cayman Islands, Panama and Malaysia. But there have never been any ... |
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Burkina Faso Testing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Curb MalariaH. Wilkins, Voice of America, 2021.
The mosquito-borne disease malaria kills more than 400,000 people each year, the vast majority in Africa. Target Malaria, an international group of scientists, is working in Burkina Faso on a genetic solution. Abdoulaye Diabate, with the West African country’s Research ... |
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Florida Environmental Group Says GMO Mosquitoes Fall Short on Scientific RigorC. Drukier, NTD, 2021.
America’s first genetically modified mosquitoes are now buzzing around six locations in the Florida Keys as part of a pilot project. Developed by UK biotech company Oxitec, the bugs are designed to kill off the wild population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry diseases ... |
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Gravitas: Genetically modified mosquitoes arrive in FloridaP. Sharma, WION, 2021.
Genetically engineered mosquitoes have arrived in U.S. 20 million 'modified mosquitoes' will be released in Florida to help prevent Dengue. But, Florida residents fear a 'mosquito apocalypse' |
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Genetically modified mosquitoes | Connect the Dotsthv11, THV11, 2021.
This is a local TV story from Arkansas of the Oxitec trial being conducted in Florida. |
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The first genetically modified mosquitoes released in the U.S. to buzz in the Florida KeysK. Weintraub, USA Today, 2021.
On Thursday morning, workers from a British company placed basketball-sized cardboard boxes into six yards in the Florida Keys. Then they added water. In a week or so, 12,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will – one by one – begin buzzing out of each box, the first ... |
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Nearly 144K GMO Mosquitoes to be Released in South Florida: What We KnowJ. Prigeon, 6 South Florida, 2021.
Nearly 144,000 genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in South Florida this week as part of an effort to reduce the population disease-carrying mosquitoes. The landmark release of GMO insects marks the beginning of the U.S.-approved program to control the number of ... |
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Nation’s first trial of genetically modified mosquitoes starts in Florida KeysS. Brock, TODAY, 2021.
To control the population of potentially disease-spreading mosquitoes, a controversial project is getting underway in the Florida Keys, highlighted by the release of even more mosquitoes that have been genetically modified. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY from Miami. |
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Why do you think a gene drive approach could help with malaria and dengue?Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research, Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research, 2021.
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How do local communities participate in gene drive research?Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research, Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research, 2021.
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