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GE mosquitoes in Malaysia

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2014-04-25 |

Nigeria: Perceptions and recommendations by scientists for a potential release of GM mosquitoes

The use of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) for the control of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases has been proposed in malaria-endemic countries, such as Nigeria, which has the largest burden in Africa. Scientists are major stakeholders whose opinions and perceptions can adversely affect the success of the trials of GMMs if they are not involved early.

2014-04-23 |

Brazil To Fight Dengue With GM Mosquitoes

The world's largest ever swarm of genetically modified mosquitoes (GM) has been released in a Brazilian town to combat dengue -- a leading cause of illness and fatality in several Latin Mercosur group countries, except for Uruguay.

2013-10-15 |

Scientists Using GE Mosquitoes to Battle Disease

They’ve been called “suicide mosquitoes,” dead-end bugs and even Frankenskeeters. They’re gene-altered mosquitoes, and Panama is among a growing list of countries that are testing to see whether they have a place in the public health arsenal in the war against mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.

2013-07-16 |

Brazil's 'mutant' mosquitoes attack disease

Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in Brazil over the next few months under an ambitious approach to tackle dengue fever, the world's fastest spreading tropical disease. Scientists have added a gene to the dengue-spreading insect which renders it capable of destroying its own species.

2013-06-28 |

Oxitec GM mosquitoes in Brazilian city against Dengue

Moscamed made the first releases of Oxitec GM mosquitoes to mark the launch of a new programme to control the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti in the town of Jacobina in the State of Bahia.

2013-06-28 |

Oxitec GM mosquitoes in Brazilian city against Dengue

Moscamed made the first releases of Oxitec GM mosquitoes to mark the launch of a new programme to control the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti in the town of Jacobina in the State of Bahia.

2013-06-17 |

Oxitec report 96% suppression of the dengue mosquito in Brazilian GE mosquito trials

Scientists from Oxitec together with Moscamed and the University of Sao Paulo, Oxitec’s partners in Brazil, are collaborating to carry out field demonstrations of Oxitec’s technology against the dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti. In Mandacaru, a village near the city of Juazeiro, releases of the genetically engineered ‘sterile’ OX513A mosquitoes resulted in a 96% reduction of the wild mosquito population in the target area after only 6 months. This level of suppression was maintained for a further 7 months using continued releases, at reduced rates, to avoid re-infestation. Almost 3,000 people were protected from the dengue mosquito during this period. These results follow a previous trial which demonstrated an 80% reduction of a mosquito population in Itaberaba, part of the city of Juazeiro, Brazil. Similar results were also achieved in the Cayman Islands in 2011.

2013-06-17 |

GM mosquitoes lose lust for human scent

Mosquitoes that are genetically modified to lack some of their sense of smell cannot tell humans from other animals and no longer avoid approaching people who are slathered in bug spray. These findings, published online today in Nature1, could help scientists to design insect repellents to combat malaria, dengue and agricultural pests. Some mosquito species will feed on most animals that they encounter. Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that carries dengue and yellow fever, and Anopheles gambiae, which hosts the malaria parasites, are choosier: they prefer humans. “They love everything about us,” says Leslie Vosshall, a neurobiologist at The Rockefeller University in New York, who led the latest study.

2013-05-14 |

U.S. company run by high schoolers is trasmforming mosquitoes into a “flying syringe”

Provita, a company staffed entirely by kids under 18, is working on a project (with funding from the Gates Foundation) to use mosquitoes to help carry important vaccines. Joshua Meier, CEO of biotechnology company Provita Pharmaceuticals, spends about 20 hours a week on research projects in the various labs at his disposal. In January, the company gave a presentation to the FDA on its work with the flying syringe, a tool that uses mosquitoes as a vector to deliver vaccines to those who need them. Provita has also submitted a grant idea to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

2013-02-28 |

Dengue fever vs. glowing GE mosquitoes

Last month, the World Health Organization announced that dengue fever is now the world’s “fastest spreading vector-borne viral disease with an epidemic potential.” Dengue is 20 times more common than the flu, and there is no vaccination for it. The best way to control this disease, which is slowly making its way into the United States, is with genetically modified mosquitoes. But deciding whether this is the best course of action is no small task. The stakes are huge, and Americans need to be ready to make informed decisions.

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