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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: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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“Mozzie Drive” Card Game rulesKatie Willis, Ace North, Target Malaria, 2024.Mozzie Drive is an educational card game that demonstrates how gene drive technology could be used to reduce populations of malaria mosquitoes. To download the game for free, please visit: https://targetmalaria.org/why-malaria... . This game was designed by Dr. Katie Willis ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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Scientists create first transgenic mosquito strain in AfricaCGTN Africa, YouTube, 2024.Scientists in Tanzania have created the first transgenic mosquito strain in Africa. This genetically modified strain aims to prevent malaria transmission. Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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Gene Drives: Mechanisms and Key Research, ExplainedJulia Bauman, 60 Second Science, 2024.A technical primer on CRISPR-based gene drives, which hold massive potential for mitigating the harms invoked by some species. We cover what a gene drive is, how it works at the genetic level, and summarize key safety & efficiency features developed in recent years. Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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Genetically modified mosquitoesThe SoCal Scene Staff, Spectrum News 1, 2024.In the battle against pests, the deadliest insect in the world has become the mosquito. There’s no silver bullet to eradicate it, but one company is looking to change that, using a method that seems out of the future. Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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Off Target: Gene Drives and the Balance of LifeSave Our Seeds, 2023.This is a compilation of conversations with experts about gene drive technologies and the science/social questions it raises. Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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Worldwide Experts on Gene DrivesSave Our Seeds, 2023.We are travelling the world speaking to some of the world's leading thinkers, activists and academics on the impact of gene drives. Join us for this video series as we hear from a diverse range of experts on one of the most controversial new emerging technologies that we face. Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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. Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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. Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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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 ... Keywords: biotechnology, Brazil, dengue, genetically modified mosquitoes, South America |
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