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Mashup Score: 4Resistance to a CRISPR-based gene drive at an evolutionarily conserved site is revealed by mimicking genotype fixation - 2 year(s) ago
Author summary Gene drives have the potential to be applied as a novel control strategy of disease-transmitting mosquitoes, by spreading genetic traits that suppress or modify the target population. Many gene drive elements work by recognising and cutting a specific target sequence in the mosquito genome and copying themselves into that target sequence allowing the gene drive to increase in…
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Dengue epidemics can occur annually and are caused by specific mosquitoes, but introducing bacteria to the mosquitoes can reduce the transmission of the infection.
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#Dengue epidemics can occur annually and are caused by specific #mosquitoes but introducing #bacteria to the mosquitoes can reduce the transmission of the #infection https://t.co/9vU81tbQTi
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Mashup Score: 103Zika Virus – Controlling Mosquitoes at Home - 3 year(s) ago
Protect your family and community from Zika by following these steps to control mosquitoes inside at outside of your home.
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It’s #NationalMosquitoWeek, but you can control mosquitoes all summer long. Learn how to control #mosquitoes around your home this summer: https://t.co/x8kueEpfKQ. https://t.co/Trte6JNQWY
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The Yellow fever mosquito (scientific name, Aedes aegypti) spreads multiple untreatable viruses in humans and is primarily controlled using a pesticide called permethrin. However, many mosquitoes are evolving resistance to the pesticide. A new study by Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez of Colorado State University and colleagues, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, identifies mutations linked to…
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RT @medical_xpress: Yellow fever #mosquitoes evolve different strategies to resist pesticides @plos @PLOSGenetics https://t.co/CNsCFblKQC
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The Yellow fever mosquito (scientific name, Aedes aegypti) spreads multiple untreatable viruses in humans and is primarily controlled using a pesticide called permethrin. However, many mosquitoes are evolving resistance to the pesticide. A new study by Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez of Colorado State University and colleagues, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, identifies mutations linked to…
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Yellow fever #mosquitoes evolve different strategies to resist pesticides @plos @PLOSGenetics https://t.co/CNsCFblKQC
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Mashup Score: 5How one of the oldest natural insecticides keeps mosquitoes away - 3 year(s) ago
With mosquito season upon us, people are stocking up on repellents to prevent itchy bites. Bug repellents are important because they don’t just protect against the buzzing, blood-sucking little pests—they also safeguard against the diseases they carry, which kill some 700,000 people worldwide each year.
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How one of the oldest natural insecticides keeps #mosquitoes away @NatureComms https://t.co/oLZcq9dGA1
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In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic a “public health emergency of international concern” due to the virus causing birth defects for pregnant women in addition to neurological problems. Since then, researchers have wrestled with different strategies for controlling the spread of Zika virus, which gets transmitted to humans from female mosquito bites.
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Genetically-modified #mosquitoes key to stopping #Zikavirus spread @MizzouNews https://t.co/KZhQU6MI8S
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A vector refers to an organism that carries and transmits an infectious disease, as mosquitoes do malaria.
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Scientists artificially infect #mosquitoes with human #malaria to advance treatment @witsuniversity @NatureComms https://t.co/ILGUPcHpCG
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Employing a strategy known as “population modification,” which involves using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system to introduce genes preventing parasite transmission into mosquito chromosomes, University of California researchers have made a major advance in the use of genetic technologies to control the transmission of malaria parasites.
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Researchers pioneer more effective way to block malaria transmission in #mosquitoes @NatureComms @PNASNews https://t.co/FXT51wpEm4
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Artificial light abnormally increases mosquito biting behavior at night in a species that typically prefers to bite people during the day, according to research from the University of Notre Dame that was published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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#Lightpollution may increase biting behavior at night in Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes https://t.co/uJWROvPM0H
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How can we develop gene drives to which #mosquitoes won't develop resistance? Fuchs et al present a strategy to simulate high selection pressure and test whether resistance is likely to arise at a chosen target site #genedrive #CRISPR #malaria https://t.co/qTMIZwD0Io