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TWiP 141: Paratransgenesis

  • October 31, 2017
  • Tagged as: Cordylobia anthropophaga, gene drive, midgut, myiasis, Operation Sea Spray, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium, Serratia marcescens, symbiosis, tumbu fly

The TWiP Wataalamu solve the case of the One Year Old From Kenya With Moving  Skin Lesions, and describe how to make mosquitoes refractory to Plasmodium with engineered symbiotic bacteria.

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TWiP 100: Driving past a milestone

  • January 9, 2016
  • Tagged as: Anopheles stephensi, Cas9, case study, CRISPR, gene conversion, gene drive, malaria, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, population modification
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The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Woman from Bolivia with Belly Pain, and discuss a method for population modification of malaria mosquitoes using a Cas9-mediated driver gene.

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