Manipulating the destiny of wild populations using CRISPR

R Raban, JM Marshall, BA Hay… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Genetic biocontrol aims to suppress or modify populations of species to protect public
health, agriculture, and biodiversity. Advancements in genome engineering technologies …

Advances and challenges in synthetic biology for mosquito control

SC Weng, RA Masri, OS Akbari - Trends in parasitology, 2024 - cell.com
Mosquito-borne illnesses represent a significant global health peril, resulting in
approximately one million fatalities annually. West Nile, dengue, Zika, and malaria are …

Targeting sex determination to suppress mosquito populations

M Li, NP Kandul, R Sun, T Yang, ED Benetta… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Each year, hundreds of millions of people are infected with arboviruses such as dengue,
yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika, which are all primarily spread by the notorious …

[HTML][HTML] SYNCAS based CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in predatory mites, whiteflies and stinkbugs

A Mocchetti, S De Rouck, S Naessens… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Despite the establishment of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing protocols in a wide range of
organisms, genetic engineering is still challenging for many organisms due to constraints …

CRISPR-based gene drives generate super-Mendelian inheritance in the disease vector Culex quinquefasciatus

T Harvey-Samuel, X Feng, EM Okamoto… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Culex mosquitoes pose a significant public health threat as vectors for a variety of diseases
including West Nile virus and lymphatic filariasis, and transmit pathogens threatening …

Gene editing in agricultural, health, and veterinary pest arthropods: recent advances

M Manjunatha, M Pham, M Gulia-Nuss… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent genome editing technological developments pioneered specifically in
pest arthropods.•Highlights of genome editing milestones in vector arthropods within the last …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting sex determination to suppress mosquito populations

O Akbari, M Li, N Kandul, R Sun, T Yang… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Each year, hundreds of millions of people are infected with arboviruses such as dengue,
yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika, which are all primarily spread by the notorious …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-Cas13-mediated RNA editing in the silkworm Bombyx mori

YH Tang, X Zhang, ZC Dai, H Li, Y Yang… - Zoological …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The CRISPR-Cas13 system, an RNA-guided editing tool, has emerged as a highly efficient
and stable RNA editing technique. Although the CRISPR-Cas13 system has been …

The Perpetual Vector Mosquito Threat and Its Eco-Friendly Nemeses

LS Miranda, SR Rudd, O Mena, PE Hudspeth… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aedes, Culex, and Anopheles mosquitoes are the most prolific arthropod
vectors of viral and parasitic agents of debilitating and lethal diseases in humans and …