Driving down malaria transmission with engineered gene drives

Posted 16th October 2022

Garrood WT, Cuber P, Willis K, Bernardini F, Page NM, Haghighat-Khah RE. Driving down malaria transmission with engineered gene drives. Front Genet. 2022 Oct 19;13:891218. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.891218

Introgression of a synthetic sex ratio distortion transgene into different genetic backgrounds of Anopheles coluzzii

Posted 16th October 2022

 Pollegioni P, Persampieri T, Minuz RL, Bucci A, Trusso A, Di Martino S, Leo C, Bruttini M, Ciolfi M, Waldvogel AM, Tripet F, Simoni A, Crisanti A, Müller R.…

Points to consider in seeking biosafety approval for research, testing, and environmental release of experimental genetically modified biocontrol products during research and development

Posted 16th October 2022

Tonui WK, Ahuja V, Beech CJ, Connolly JB, Dass B, Glandorf DCM, James S, Muchiri JN, Mugoya CF, Okoree EA, Quemada H, Romeis J. Points to consider in seeking biosafety…

A theory of resistance to multiplexed gene drive demonstrates the significant role of weakly deleterious natural genetic variation

Posted 23rd August 2022

Khatri BS, Burt A. A theory of resistance to multiplexed gene drive demonstrates the significant role of weakly deleterious natural genetic variation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022…

Spatial modelling of malaria prevalence associated with geographical factors in Houet province of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Posted 5th August 2022

Millogo, A.A., Yaméogo, L., Kassié, D. et al. Spatial modelling of malaria prevalence associated with geographical factors in Houet province of Burkina Faso, West Africa. GeoJournal (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10692-7

Operationalizing stakeholder engagement for gene drive research in malaria elimination in Africa – translating guidance into practice

Posted 1st July 2022

Pare Toe, L., Dicko, B., Linga, R. et al. Operationalizing stakeholder engagement for gene drive research in malaria elimination in Africa—translating guidance into practice. Malar J 21, 225 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04241-3

Gene drive in species complexes: defining target organisms

Posted 1st July 2022

John B. Connolly, Jörg Romeis, Yann Devos, Debora C.M. Glandorf, Geoff Turner, Mamadou B. Coulibaly, Gene drive in species complexes: defining target organisms, Trends in Biotechnology, 2022, ISSN 0167-7799, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.06.013.

Comprehensive characterization of a transgene insertion in a highly repetitive, centromeric region of Anopheles mosquitoes

Posted 1st July 2022

Matteo Vitale, Chiara Leo, Thomas Courty, Nace Kranjc, John B. Connolly, Giulia Morselli, Christopher Bamikole, Roya Elaine Haghighat-Khah, Federica Bernardini & Silke Fuchs (2022) Comprehensive characterization of a transgene insertion…

Recommendations for environmental risk assessment of gene drive applications for malaria vector control

Posted 1st May 2022

Connolly JB, Mumford JD, Glandorf DCM, Hartley S, Lewis OT, Evans SW, Turner G, Beech C, Sykes N, Coulibaly MB, Romeis J, Teem JL, Tonui W, Lovett B, Mankad A,…

A multi-disciplinary approach for a building common understanding of genetic engineering for malaria control in Burkina Faso

Posted 6th April 2022

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-022-01122-7 A multi-disciplinary approach for a building common understanding of genetic engineering for malaria control in Burkina Faso

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Target Malaria publications

Driving down malaria transmission with engineered gene drives

Introgression of a synthetic sex ratio distortion transgene into different genetic backgrounds of Anopheles coluzzii

Points to consider in seeking biosafety approval for research, testing, and environmental release of experimental genetically modified biocontrol products during research and development

A theory of resistance to multiplexed gene drive demonstrates the significant role of weakly deleterious natural genetic variation

Spatial modelling of malaria prevalence associated with geographical factors in Houet province of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Operationalizing stakeholder engagement for gene drive research in malaria elimination in Africa – translating guidance into practice

Gene drive in species complexes: defining target organisms

Comprehensive characterization of a transgene insertion in a highly repetitive, centromeric region of Anopheles mosquitoes

Recommendations for environmental risk assessment of gene drive applications for malaria vector control

A multi-disciplinary approach for a building common understanding of genetic engineering for malaria control in Burkina Faso

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