For example, we manipulate a pathway to prevent mosquitoes from transmitting viral diseases. We also develop diagnostics so that people can detect in the field if an insect is infected with a pathogen ...

The powerful gene editing tool CRISPR is already being tested on animal and plant ... On the one hand, it could cure inherited diseases and rid the world of malaria-spreading mosquitoes. On the other ...

Cow blood engorges an exposed mosquito’s gut in Anthony James’s lab. Versions of the species carrying Zika and dengue fever can be manipulated with CRISPR so that they give birth to sterile ...

The team used CRISPR-Cas9 to knock out the gene that codes for TRPVa in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The resulting animals showed no reaction to sound. In fact, they found that sound elicited no ...

Using CRISPR gene editing, the team generated mosquitoes that express the calcium sensor GCaMP6f in olfactory sensory neurons. When neurons fire and calcium levels increase, the sensor is activated ...

tool can reveal specific categories of mutations resulting from CRISPR editing. Developed in flies and mosquitoes, the ICP provides a "fingerprint" of how genetic material is being inherited ...

CRISPR can also be used to force a particular gene to be inherited by an organism's offspring - a phenomenon known as gene drive. For example, some have proposed using gene drive in mosquitoes to ...

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell.