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This is a database of print and digital media coverage of gene drive technologies and genetic biocontrol-related topics. This database is intended to serve experts and non-experts by capturing how gene drive/genetic biocontrol technologies and issues around the technologies are being represented, discussed, debated and evaluated by the public.

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Genetically modified mice could fight Lyme disease in Massachusetts

Tags: Genetic engineering, North America, Other arthropods, Rodents
Dave Puglisi,  7News,  2026. Link
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 ...

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Out-of-the-Box Innovations Against Malaria

Tags: Genetically modified mosquitoes, Malaria
Foreign Policy,  2025. Link
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 ...

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2nd Edition Report: Gene Drives for Malaria Control and Elimination in Africa

Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Malaria, Policy
African Union High-Level Panel on Emerging Technologies, APET Secretariat,  2025. Link
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 ...

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Genetically modified mosquitoes could combat deadly diseases, scientists say

Tags: Genetically modified mosquitoes, Mosquito husbandry, Video
The Sydney Morning Herald,  2025. Link
Genetically modified mosquitoes could be the solution to stopping deadly diseases spread by mosquito bites, scientists say.

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Should We Unleash GMO Mosquitoes?

Tags: Ethics, Genetically modified organisms, Mosquitoes
Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild,  Entanglements,  2024. Link
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 ...

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How genetically engineered mice could stop the spread of Lyme disease

Tags: Genetic biocontrol, North America, Population modification/replacement, Rodents
Cristela Guerra and Stephanie Brown,  WBUR Radio Boston,  2024. Link
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 ...

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Most advanced gene drive projects

Tags: Gene drive, Genetically modified organisms
Gene Drive Monitor,  2024. Link
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 ...

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Mosquito population structure and gene-drive

Tags: Gene drive, Malaria, Mosquitoes
Heredity Podcast,  2024. Link
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 ...

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Communicating Creatively About Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Tags: Africa, Gene drive, Malaria
Lorraine Gibson,  Target Malaria,  2023. Link
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 ...

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Framing Challenges and Opportunities for Canada: Expert Panel on Regulating Gene-Edited Organisms for Pest Control

Tags: Ethics, Pest management
CCA (Council of Canadian Academies),  Framing Challenges and Opportunities for Canada,  2023. Link
Gene-editing technologies are changing approaches to pest management. Rapidly evolving but unproven gene-editing tools could potentially mitigate the impacts of pests in public health, conservation, and agricultural contexts. The use of these tools, however, is accompanied by ...

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Worldwide Experts on Gene Drives

Save Our Seeds,  2023. Link
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.

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Introducing Emerging Health Technologies in Africa

Tags: Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing
Health Tech Africa,  Health Tech Africa Podcast,  2023. Link
In this episode, the Project Director of the Platform for Dialogue and Action on Health Technologies in Africa, Professor Richard Mukabana, discusses new technologies that if well developed and proven safe and effective, have enormous potential to eradicate disease on the ...

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SHOULD WE CREATE GENE DRIVE GREY SQUIRRELS

Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic
S. Hartley and T. Law,  GeneDriveGovernance.org,  2022. Link
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 DRIVES

Tags: Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Policy, Risk and safety, Risk assessment
Stop Gene Drive,  STOP GENE DRIVES,  2022. Link
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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How We’re Reducing Disease With Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Tags: Aedes, Anopheles, Dengue, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Malaria, Mosquitoes, North America, Oxitec
V. Wise,  HealthMatch,  2022. Link
We all know mosquitoes as those annoying insects we swat away from our faces. They carry diseases, so we don’t want them anywhere near us. There are over 200 types of wild mosquitoes bugging us across America and the U.S. territories. Approximately 12 types can spread disease, ...

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Genetically-Modified Mosquitos Could Soon Be Released in California

Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, North America, Oxitec, Regulation, Sterile insect technique (SIT)
A. Madrigal,  KQED,  2022. Link
Millions of genetically-modified, non-biting mosquitoes may soon be set loose in California after federal regulators gave the green light to a study aimed at preventing transmission of diseases like Zika and dengue. British biotech firm Oxitech says its technology alters male ...

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Will genetic modification of mosquitoes take a bite out of insects’ population?

Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, North America, Oxitec, Regulation, Sterile insect technique (SIT)
N. Patel,  KCRW,  2022. Link
An invasive species of aggressive “ankle biters” called the Aedes aegypti mosquito is now in LA, and it’s spreading quickly. These tiny vampires can lay eggs in a space as small as a water-filled bottle cap, and they carry diseases like yellow fever and dengue. A British ...

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An army of genetically engineered mosquitoes is about to be released

Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, North America, Oxitec, Regulation, Sterile insect technique (SIT)
M. Menard,  KNX NEWS,  2022. Link
A British biotech company has been altering the DNA of mosquitoes with the goal of killing off a more dangerous breed capable of spreading deadly diseases. And now they’re preparing to release their “friendly mosquitoes” into the wild. In California. Aedes aegypti is an ...

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Podcast: How do you solve a problem like malaria?

Tags: Gene drive, Genetic biocontrol, Malaria
A. Jha,  The Economist,  2022. Link
SQUASHING MALARIA could, over the next three decades, save as many lives as covid-19 has taken. We explore new ways to fight infections: from the introduction of the first malaria vaccines, to genetically modified mosquitoes

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The power of gene editing

Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Stakeholder engagement
The Economist,  The Economist,  2022. Link
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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Podcast: Malaria Gene Drive

Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Policy, Stakeholder engagement
S. Hartley, S. Neema and C. Opesen,  University of Exeter Business School,  2021. Link
Professor Sarah Hartley and her two colleagues in Uganda, Stella Neema and Chris Opesen discuss gene drive research for malaria control. Funded by British Academy and Wellcome trust, their work is to understand the social science challenges around the development of this kind of ...

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How An Altered Strand Of DNA Can Cause Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes To Self-Destruct

Tags: Anopheles, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Population suppression
R. Stein,  NPR,  2021. Link
For the first time, scientists have shown that a new kind of genetic engineering can crash populations of malaria-spreading mosquitoes. In the landmark study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers placed the genetically modified mosquitoes in a ...

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Unique effort underway to control deadly mosquitos in Florida Keys

Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, North America, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT)
K. Corso and L. Aguirre,  Local10.com,  2021. Link
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 Malaria

Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Policy, Regulation, Risk and safety, Risk assessment, Target malaria
Anonymous,  Global News,  2021. Link
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?

Tags: Aedes, Anopheles, Dengue, Genetic biocontrol, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Malaria
A. Julie,  Global News,  2021. Link
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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The (Losing) Battle Against Mosquitoes In Texas

Tags: Arbovirus, Dengue, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Malaria, Mosquitoes
J. Clayton,  Texas Public Radio,  2021. Link
Jerry Clayton: Mosquitoes are a fact of life in Texas, and the battle against the pesky biting insects is never ending. But there are some new weapons on the horizon. Zach Adleman is an associate professor of entomology at Texas A&M University. He joins us today. Thanks for being ...

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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes; ‘Truth Like Oil’ Novel

Tags: Aedes, Dengue, Genetic biocontrol, North America, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT)
Here and Now,  WBUR,  2021. Link
Florida Keys officials are working on a unique experiment: hatching thousands of genetically modified mosquitos and releasing them. Andrea Leal of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District explains.

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Genetically modified mosquitoes and Africa

Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Malaria
S. Bagcchi,  Sci Dev Net,  2021. Link
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance for the deployment of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes to combat vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. GM mosquitoes may carry a gene that kills female progeny and the technology can be used against the ...

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Genetically modified mosquitoes; WHO issues new guidance for research

Tags: Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Policy, Regulation
DTE Staff,  Down To Earth,  2021. Link
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 Malaria

Tags: Africa, Field trials, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Malaria
H. Wilkins,  Voice of America,  2021. Link
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 Rigor

Tags: Aedes, Dengue, Genetic biocontrol, Genetically modified mosquitoes, North America, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT)
C. Drukier,  NTD,  2021. Link
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 Florida

Tags: Aedes, Dengue, Genetic biocontrol, Genetically modified mosquitoes, North America, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT)
P. Sharma,  WION,  2021. Link
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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