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How to boost biodiversity: One wing at a time for butterfly conservation
4 months, 1 week ago

How to boost biodiversity: One wing at a time for butterfly conservation

India Today  

A remarkable initiative is taking flight, quite literally. The Butterfly Project, spearheaded by Audria Evelinn and the dedicated Nuanu Nature Team, is not just about the beauty of these delicate creatures. A VITAL PRACTICE FOR BIODIVERSITY: Nuanu's Insect Breeding Program stands at the forefront of this transformative project. However, through integrated pest management and effective waste management, the Nuanu Nature …

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Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito control
1 year, 4 months ago

Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito control

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s lunchtime at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District and a colony of sabethes cyaneus — also known as the paddle-legged beauty for its feathery appendages and iridescent coloring — find their way to Ella Branham. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A mosquito feeds at the Salt …

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Buzzing breakthrough: genetic engineering gives mosquito control an upgrade
1 year, 4 months ago

Buzzing breakthrough: genetic engineering gives mosquito control an upgrade

The Hindu  

Throughout human history, mosquitoes have constantly buzzed in the background of human existence, irritating us with their incessant bites and occasionally wreaking havoc by transmitting deadly diseases. The earliest known mosquitoes from the fossil record date back at least 70 million years, and evidence of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria dates back to Egyptian mummies from 2000 BC. But with insecticide …

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Hot weather can make dengue virus more virulent, says study
1 year, 4 months ago

Hot weather can make dengue virus more virulent, says study

India Today  

The Dengue virus could become more virulent as the temperatures increase, according to a recent study. The research, published in the FASEB journal, can help in predicting and mitigating the severity and virulence of dengue, which has an estimated global disease burden of 390 million cases per year. The study can help in predicting and mitigating the severity and virulence …

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Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly
2 years, 4 months ago

Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly

Associated Press  

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — It’s an increasingly familiar sight in U.S. cities and suburbs: A van pulls up to the curb. “The materials these companies spray kill all bugs,” said Lynn Goldman, an environmental health professor at George Washington University and former assistant administrator for toxic substances at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “It was all over the media,” said …

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First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys
3 years, 8 months ago

First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys

Salon  

This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. At Oxitec's laboratory in the U.K., the company genetically engineers the mosquitoes, giving the insects the "self-limiting" gene that makes the females dependent on the antibiotic tetracycline. Kevin Gorman, the company's chief development officer, says the local female mosquito population will be increasingly reduced …

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‘Jurassic Park experiment’: 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes to be released in Florida
4 years, 4 months ago

‘Jurassic Park experiment’: 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes to be released in Florida

The Independent  

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Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes to fight illness
4 years, 4 months ago

Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes to fight illness

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus. The plan approved this week by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District calls for a pilot project in 2021 involving the striped-legged Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is …

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750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes approved for release in Florida Keys
4 years, 4 months ago

750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes approved for release in Florida Keys

CNN  

CNN — A plan to release over 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022 received final approval from local authorities, against the objection of many local residents and a coalition of environmental advocacy groups. In 2009 and 2010, local outbreaks of dengue fever, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti, left the Florida Keys …

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美国将在佛州和德州释放转基因蚊子
4 years, 6 months ago

美国将在佛州和德州释放转基因蚊子

China Daily  

Genetically modified mosquitoes are cleared for release in the US 近年来，疟疾等由蚊子传播的疾病在美国南部呈现上升趋势。美国环保局今年5月批准了一项计划，允许英国生物科技公司Oxitec在佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州释放转基因蚊子，以消灭雌蚊，控制疾病传播。 Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash A British biotech company called Oxitec has permission to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and Texas. 一家名为Oxitec的英国生物科技公司已获得许可，将在佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州释放转基因蚊子。 The Environmental Protection Agency approved an experimental use permit May 1 that allows Oxitec to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys and Harris …

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美国将在佛州和德州释放转基因蚊子
4 years, 6 months ago

美国将在佛州和德州释放转基因蚊子

China Daily  

Genetically modified mosquitoes are cleared for release in the US 近年来，疟疾等由蚊子传播的疾病在美国南部呈现上升趋势。美国环保局今年5月批准了一项计划，允许英国生物科技公司Oxitec在佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州释放转基因蚊子，以消灭雌蚊，控制疾病传播。 Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash A British biotech company called Oxitec has permission to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and Texas. 一家名为Oxitec的英国生物科技公司已获得许可，将在佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州释放转基因蚊子。 The Environmental Protection Agency approved an experimental use permit May 1 that allows Oxitec to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys and Harris …

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Genetically modifying mosquitoes to control the spread of disease carries unknown risks
5 years, 3 months ago

Genetically modifying mosquitoes to control the spread of disease carries unknown risks

Salon  

Every year, around one million people die of mosquito-borne diseases according to the World Health Organization. Genetically modified mosquitoes The transfer of new genes from GM organisms to wild or domesticated non-GM populations is a key criticism of GM crops like soybean and corn. Changes to the gene pool According to research published by Oxitec researchers in 2015, field trials …

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