
Keywords: GM ticks
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First ever gene-edited ticks offer new weapons against Lyme diseaseN. Lavars, New Atlas, 2022.![]() Gene editing in ticks had been thought to be impossible until now, and with good reason. Tick embryos are very tricky to inject because the egg that contains them has a tough layer on the outside, high pressure levels inside, and is also coated in a waxy layer the mothers create ... Keywords: gene editing, genetic biocontrol, GM ticks, lyme-disease, ticks, transgenic |

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