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Genetically modified mosquitoes aren’t being released from aircraft around the US
54 years, 11 months ago

Genetically modified mosquitoes aren’t being released from aircraft around the US

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Videos of black substances in the sky in California and Ohio show the release of genetically modified mosquitoes that are part of an initiative backed by Bill Gates. One video circulating in recent days shows two black rings in the sky, with text noting that the footage was taken in Anaheim and asking, in French, if mosquitoes are being …

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In California, an army of genetically engineered mosquitoes awaits release. Will it backfire?
2 years, 8 months ago

In California, an army of genetically engineered mosquitoes awaits release. Will it backfire?

LA Times  

The British company Oxitec plans to release its genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in California if the plan is approved by state officials. Oxitec, a private company, says its genetically modified bugs could help save half the world’s population from the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can spread diseases such as yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue to humans. A captured …

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Jurassic Park Experiment? Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in US to Fight Dengue, Zika
3 years, 7 months ago

Jurassic Park Experiment? Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in US to Fight Dengue, Zika

News 18  

Meddling with an organism’s genes to make our lives easier may not be the best way of putting scientific resources to use, as movies like Jurassic Park have already demonstrated. However, it seems difficult in real life as UK-based biotechnology company, Oxitec, whichdevelops genetically modified insects to assist in insect control, is going ahead with the plan of releasing over …

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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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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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