Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A Decade of Research Towards a Sustainable Integrated Pest Management Program

G Tait, S Mermer, D Stockton, J Lee… - Journal of Economic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) also known as spotted-
wing drosophila (SWD), is a pest native to Southeast Asia. In the last few decades, the pest …

Gene drives gaining speed

E Bier - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Gene drives are selfish genetic elements that are transmitted to progeny at super-Mendelian
(> 50%) frequencies. Recently developed CRISPR–Cas9-based gene-drive systems are …

Combating mosquito-borne diseases using genetic control technologies

GH Wang, S Gamez, RR Raban, JM Marshall… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue and malaria, pose significant global health
burdens. Unfortunately, current control methods based on insecticides and environmental …

Efficient population modification gene-drive rescue system in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi

A Adolfi, VM Gantz, N Jasinskiene, HF Lee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Cas9/gRNA-mediated gene-drive systems have advanced development of genetic
technologies for controlling vector-borne pathogen transmission. These technologies …

Development of a confinable gene drive system in the human disease vector Aedes aegypti

M Li, T Yang, NP Kandul, M Bui, S Gamez, R Raban… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Aedes aegypti is the principal mosquito vector for many arboviruses that increasingly infect
millions of people every year. With an escalating burden of infections and the relative failure …

Regulating the expression of gene drives is key to increasing their invasive potential and the mitigation of resistance

A Hammond, X Karlsson, I Morianou, K Kyrou… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Homing-based gene drives use a germline source of nuclease to copy themselves at
specific target sites in a genome and bias their inheritance. Such gene drives can be …

Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms

KC Long, L Alphey, GJ Annas, CS Bloss, KJ Campbell… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Gene drive organisms (GDOs), whose genomes have been genetically engineered to
spread a desired allele through a population, have the potential to transform the way …

Symbionts and gene drive: two strategies to combat vector-borne disease

GH Wang, J Du, CY Chu, M Madhav, GL Hughes… - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Mosquitoes bring global health problems by transmitting parasites and viruses such as
malaria and dengue. Unfortunately, current insecticide-based control strategies are only …

A CRISPR homing gene drive targeting a haplolethal gene removes resistance alleles and successfully spreads through a cage population

J Champer, E Yang, E Lee, J Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Engineered gene drives are being explored as a new strategy in the fight against vector-
borne diseases due to their potential for rapidly spreading genetic modifications through a …

A toxin-antidote CRISPR gene drive system for regional population modification

J Champer, E Lee, E Yang, C Liu, AG Clark… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Engineered gene drives based on a homing mechanism could rapidly spread genetic
alterations through a population. However, such drives face a major obstacle in the form of …