Scientists have long been looking for ways to reduce or get rid of insect-borne diseases, and NC State University's Sophia Webster is taking a new approach that involves genetically engineering the mosquitoes.
Biotechnology
Nov 15, 2016
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Precautionary approaches to governance of emerging technology, which call for constraints on the use of technology whose potential harms and other outcomes are highly uncertain, are often criticized for reflecting "risk panics," ...
Biotechnology
Nov 10, 2016
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Native forest birds on the Hawaiian island of Kauai are rapidly dying off and facing the threat of extinction as climate change heats up their habitat and allows mosquito-borne diseases to thrive, according to a study released ...
Ecology
Sep 7, 2016
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The recent discovery of the first male-determining factor in mosquitoes, combined with the gene-editing capabilities of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, could be used to bias mosquito populations from deadly, blood-sucking females ...
Biotechnology
Feb 17, 2016
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Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito—a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases such as dengue ...
Biotechnology
Mar 21, 2013
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Malaria affects over 200 million individuals every year and kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. The disease varies greatly from region to region in the species that cause it and in the carriers that spread it. ...
Mathematics
Jun 20, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mosquitoes with the potential to carry diseases lethal to many unique species of Galapagos wildlife are being regularly introduced to the islands via aircraft, according to new research published today.
Ecology
Aug 12, 2009
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Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences researchers have discovered a new mechanism the malaria parasite uses to enter human red blood cells, which could lead to the development of a vaccine cocktail to fight the mosquito-borne ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 10, 2009
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