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News and Trends 3 Feb 2017

Could GM Insects impact the international trade of Organic Food?

Genetically modified insects are released to control the spread of diseases and crop pests, but the logistics may not be so simple: these little creatures could jam global food exports, particularly to more GM-averse Europe. What happens when genetically engineered insects develop on vegetable farms? Two researchers, from the Max Planck Institue for Evolutionary Biology in […]

February 3, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 25 Jan 2017

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes will arrive in India to fight Dengue

Oxitec is preparing to start trials testing its solution to reduce the population of disease-transmitting insects in India with its own genetically modified mosquitoes. Oxitec, a spin-out from Oxford University, engineers mosquitoes to reduce their populations in areas where they spread infectious diseases. After success in Brazil and the Cayman Islands, the company is now heading […]

January 25, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 27 Oct 2016

Oxitec scales up Mosquito production with a new Factory in Brazil

Since Brazil became the first country in the world to deploy GM mosquitos, Oxitec has opened a factory there to produce its Friendly Aedes aegypti. Oxitec has opened a large-scale mosquito factory in Piracicaba, Brazil, to scale up production of their Friendly Aedes aegypti mosquitos. These mosquitos are effectively sterilized so they don’t transmit infectious […]

October 27, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 1 Aug 2016

The Cayman Islands will now also release GM Mosquitoes against Zika Virus

A court finally allowed the release of Oxitec‘s ‘friendly’ mosquitoes in the Grand Cayman (1 of the 3 islands). If the technique repeats its recent successes, the local population of Zika-transmitting species could decrease by 90%. Located in the tropics, the Cayman Islands are one of the territories at risk of the spread of Aedes […]

August 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 14 Mar 2016

Florida to release Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes to stop Zika Virus

Oxitec (UK) is on track to be allowed to trial their self-limiting, genetically engineered mosquitoes in the US – and stop the spread of Dengue and Zika. As a spin-off from Oxford University, Oxitec specialises in using genetic engineering to control insect pest populations with the ‘Sterile Insect Technique’. This is an interesting alternative to pesticides […]

March 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 16 Aug 2015

What happened this week? Woodford spent €800m, CRISPR discoverer moves to Berlin, the first Bacteria-made ink…

Encouraging facts for the European Biotech ecosystem this week! Neil Woodford’s mega Biotech fund is gathering new money to pour over the European companies. Definitely good news for the financing of companies in Europe, which still lags behind the US. Another interesting fact is that one of the co-discoverer of CRISPRs, the biggest discovery of the century, […]

August 16, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 10 Aug 2015

Oxitec’s revolutionary Genetically Modified Insects acquired by Intrexon for €146M

Oxitec‘s self-limiting gene technique, which is designed to exterminate dangerous insects, has a price now: $160M (€146M). US-based Intrexon absorbed the Oxford University’s spinout with its unique technology to accelerate the crackdown of dengue infections and crop damages. As we reported early this year, Intrexon Corporation recently partnered across diverse markets, all being part of […]

August 10, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 21 Jul 2015

Genetically Modified Insects: Designed to Cause Extinction

Insects can be very dangerous creatures, spreading diseases and destroying the yield. The British biotech company Oxitec developed a unique approach to potentially wipe out some harmful populations of these tiny animals. Studies on the diamondback moth are already showing good results! Farmers around the world struggle with a serious pest caused by the diamondback moth […]

July 21, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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