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  • Three Biotech Scientists Win World Food Prize
    ... "Their research is making it possible for farmers to grow crops with improved yields, resistance to insects and disease, and the ability to tolerate extreme variations in climate." ...
    6-20-2013
  • Tracking the Evolution of Pest Resistance to Transgenic Crops
    and with the data accumulated over that period, we have a better scientific understanding of how fast the insects evolve resistance and why," Dr. Tabashnik said in a statement. ...
    6-11-2013
  • Genetic Bug Spray? Scientists Alter Mosquitoes' Sense of Smell
    plus point to reasons why the insects are so attracted to humans-and ... to DEET. That the genetically engineered insects were attracted equally to human arms with ...
    5-30-2013
  • Mini-Monsters
    The "monsters" included in this visually stunning app mainly consist of insects that have been imaged with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). This high-magnification and ...
    5-1-2013
  • Building a Self-Destructive Mosquito
    chain of transmission between humans and insects, and by the end of the war, dengue had ... its RIDL® (Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal) male mosquitoes in the Keys. ...
    1-7-2013
  • Nucleic Acid Sample-Prep Tools Break New Ground
    ... Input can be a wide variety of samples: blood, tissue, insects, soil, or air filters. "The fluidic cartridges and the devices that we've developed allow us to do a lot of the basic ...
    10-1-2012
  • Technophobia = Poisoned Fruit
    so they must be cross-pollinated by insects (primarily bees) in order to develop fruit. ... for apple cultivars that are more resistant to predation by insects, viruses, or fungi? ...
    10-1-2012
  • FlyMine
    In recent years, Anopheles has also flown onto the scene (you probably know these little blood-suckers better as the annoying insects that leave itchy bumps on your skin). ...
    9-15-2012
  • Agbiotech Is Working to Help Plants Cope with Global Warming
    tolerance, gene discovery, and prebreeding in cereals for broad resistance against insects adaptable to variable environments, molecular and genomics-assisted breeding of ...
    8-22-2012
  • It's The Process, Stupid
    ... shown, it is not possible to prevent undesired organisms in open ponds over an extended period (e.g. "wild" algae, bacteria, protozoa, water fleas and insects, such as mosquitoes). ...
    8-21-2012
  • Building a Rat That Swims Like a Jellyfish
    ... "Because of our size, we humans are mostly unaware of the viscosity of water, but for much smaller insects and juvenile jellyfish, water is rather sticky, as is honey for us. ...
    7-31-2012
  • Sanaria, IBBR Win $3M Grant for Malaria Vaccine Sporozoite Manufacture...
    ... The Insect Transformation Facility is dedicated to advancing insect molecular science and its clinical application. It acts as a resource for generating modified insects for ...
    6-14-2012
  • Is the USPTO Playing the Race Card?
    ... This search received 128 "hits." A quick review of these hits indicated that many patents were related to plants, insects, or subject matter otherwise irrelevant to personalized ...
    1-1-2012
  • Engineered Mosquitoes Resist Malaria Infection
    ... its ecologic niche or involve chemical insecticide or drug treatments." Anopheles insects that overexpress Rel2 transcription factor could help control malaria spread in the ...
    12-23-2011
  • Science 360 (National Science Foundation)
    The purpose of the app is really random exploration-the images and video clips are incredibly diverse, from insects to rockets, to chemistry, to ecology. Tapping on an image sends ...
    11-1-2011
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    Journal Articles

  • The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, 2 nd Edition by Michael...
    Nikolaos Vasilakis
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, 2 nd Edition by Michael Lehane Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Mammalian Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins Kill Bacteria by...
    Roman Dziarski, Des Raj Kashyap, Dipika Gupta
    Microbial Drug Resistance
    Microbial Drug Resistance Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins (PGRPs) are conserved from insects to mammals and function in antibacterial immunity. We have revealed a novel ...
  • Sterile-Insect Methods for Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases...
    Luke Alphey, Mark Benedict, Romeo Bellini, Gary G. Clark, David A. Dame, Mike W. Service, Stephen L. Dobson
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    In addition, the proposed release of pest insects, and more so genetically modified pest insects, is bound to raise questions in the general public and the scientific community as ...
  • Mosquito Protein Kinase G Phosphorylates Flavivirus NS5 and Alters...
    Julie A. Keating, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Samuel S.C. Rund, Spencer Hoover, Ranjit Dasgupta, Samuel J. Lee, Giles E. Duffield, Rob Striker
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    is unknown if the same phosphorylation events occur when insects are similarly infected. ... implicated in the behavior of multiple nonvector insects, but is unstudied in mosquitoes. ...

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