The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) ...

One strategy involves the release of genetically sterile males that ... is the inapplicability of the Cartagena Protocol to modified mosquitoes that do not fit the definition of “modern ...

The Malaysian Academy of Sciences is likely to advise the government to press on with field trials of genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes created by Oxitec of Oxford. Oxitec uses ...

Genetic engineering has delivered monumental scientific, technological, and humanitarian achievements – from producing human insulin in bacteria and gene therapy to treat genetic diseases to ...

Mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever cause hundreds of thousands of deaths every year and a new venture wants to change that by introducing genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) right here ...

An approval by a US-based environmental agency to release 2.4 billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes has sparked debate. Two weeks ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency cleared the release ...

The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in Queensland. Researchers have unveiled new insights into ...

Field data from the biotech company Oxitec show that releasing genetically modified male mosquitoes whose offspring die helped reduce dengue cases by 90 percent in one year. Jef Akst was managing ...

From genetically modified mosquitoes to clinical therapies, learn how scientists apply gene editing techniques to answer a range of important research questions. Gene editing techniques are a mainstay ...

Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies and zebrafish capable of absorbing toxic mercury and releasing it back into the environment in a less ...