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The ‘mosquito factory’ breeding genetically-engineered insects to fight malaria

IN FOCUS: Malaria cases have skyrocketed in Djibouti in recent years. Rachel Schraer reports on a British company helping produce insects in the city who cannot spread the deadly disease

The Independent UK

GM mosquitoes: inside the lab breeding six-legged agents in the war on malaria

A British company is producing mosquitoes that carry a ‘self-limiting’ gene that kills off female offspring, limiting the spread of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever

The Guardian - UK

Scientists worried about CSIRO-backed plan to release genetically modified mosquitos in Queensland

One expert says releasing a foreign strain into wild could increase risk of insecticide resistance

The Guardian - AU

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Scientists release genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue in Brazil

Genetically modified mosquitoes are being released in Brazil to reduce the spread of the viral infection dengue fever.

LiveScience

New gene-editing tools may help wipe out mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists say gene-editing technology may eradicate a mosquito in the U.S. that spreads dengue and other diseases. Concerns remain about the possible environmental impact of bioengineered mosquitoes.

WEKU

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

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Genetically altered mosquito plan nixed

"All Californians should be relieved," said one Friends of the Earth project manager

Salon

Rural California hatches plan for engineered mosquitoes to battle stealthy predator

VISALIA, Calif. — Bryan Ruiz moved his family into a newly built home in this Central Valley farming center seven months ago and almost immediately found they were under assault.

Tribune News Service

Buzz Off: Fury As Gene Hacked Franken-Mozzies Released Into The Wild

Many fear that the altered insects will hybridize with native mosquitos and produce a more aggressive fast-breeding strain.

Zenger

The plan to release genetically engineered mosquitoes in California

LOS ANGELES — In the mosquito breeding rooms of British biotech company Oxitec, scientists line up fresh eggs, each the size of a grain of salt. Using microscopic needles, the white-coated researchers inject each egg with a dab of a proprietary synthetic DNA.

Los Angeles Times

California could be releasing billions of genetically modified male mosquitoes to fight diseases

The genetically modified insects will be non-biting males engineered to only produce more male offspring

The Independent UK

US poised to release 2.4bn genetically modified male mosquitoes to battle deadly diseases

The future isn’t female, at least not for the invasive Aedes aegypti: the altered males are engineered to produce only male offspring

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