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The Netherlands agreed to release Oxitec's genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue fever, chikungunya and zika in Saba, a Dutch Caribbean island, after a report by The National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) [64] examined the effects that these mosquitoes could have in the local ecosystem and concluded the release ...
The Brazilian government also refuted conspiracy theories that chickenpox and rubella vaccinations or genetically modified mosquitoes were causing increases in microcephaly. [153] Researchers also suspected that the Zika virus could be transmitted by a pregnant woman to her baby ("vertical transmission").
This summer, for the first time, genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the U.S. On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an experimental use permit from the U.S. Environmental ...
A company called Oxitec is planning on expanding its genetically-engineered mosquito project to try and rid areas in Brazil of the virus. Scientists are trying to use genetically engineered ...
A British biotech firm this week got the green light from U.S. regulators to release over 2 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and California EPA OKs plan to release 2.4 million ...
Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus. Mosquito-control operations are targeted to multiple problems: Nuisance mosquitoes bother people around homes or in parks and recreational areas;
Genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys next year to combat insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus.
A genetically modified (GM) insect is an insect that has been genetically modified, either through mutagenesis, or more precise processes of transgenesis, or cisgenesis. Motivations for using GM insects include biological research purposes and genetic pest management .