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Combating Mosquito-Borne Diseases with CRISPRN. Spahich, The Scientist, 2022.![]() Female mosquitoes are some of the deadliest organisms in the world due to their ability to spread infectious diseases through a simple bite. Mosquito-borne diseases such as yellow fever, Zika, Dengue fever, and malaria kill millions of humans every year, and there are limited ... Keywords: Cas 9, CRISPR, genetic biocontrol, pgSIT, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Precision Guided Sterile Males Suppress Populations of an Invasive Crop PestN. P. Kandul, J. Liu, A. Buchman, I. C. Shriner, R. M. Corder, N. Warsinger-Pepe, T. Yang, A. K. Yadav, M. J. Scott, J. M. Marshall and O. S. Akbari, GEN Biotechnology, 1:372-385. 2022.![]() The Drosophila suzukii invasion of western countries has created an immense agricultural and economic threat to crop production. Despite many attempts to suppress its population, D. suzukii continues to destroy soft-flesh fruits. Precision guided sterile insect technique (pgSIT) ... Keywords: Cas 9, CRISPR, genetic biocontrol, pgSIT, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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CRISPR-based technology targets global crop pestUniversity of California - San Diego, Phys Org, 2022.![]() Applying new CRISPR-based technology to a broad agricultural need, researchers at the University of California San Diego have set their aims on a worldwide pest known to decimate valuable food crops. Nikolay Kandul, Omar Akbari and their colleagues first demonstrated the ... Keywords: Cas 9, CRISPR, genetic biocontrol, pgSIT, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Temperature-Inducible Precision Guided Sterile Insect TechniqueN. P. Kandul, J. Liu and O. S. Akbari, bioRxiv, 2021.06.14.448312. 2021.![]() Releases of sterile males are the gold standard for many insect population control programs, and precise sex sorting to remove females prior to male releases is essential to the success of these operations. To advance traditional methods for scaling the generation of sterile ... Keywords: Cas 9, CRISPR, genetic biocontrol, pgSIT, SIT, sterile insect technique |

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