Genetically engineering better fungal biopesticides.
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DOI: 10.1002/ps.4734
Abstract: Microbial insect pathogens offer an alternative means of pest control with the potential to wean us off our heavy reliance on chemical pesticides. Insect pathogenic fungi play an important natural role in controlling disease vectors… read more here.
Keywords: genetically engineering; better fungal; virulence; physiology ... See more keywords
The Ethics of Patenting and Genetically Engineering the Relative Hāloa
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DOI: 10.1080/00141844.2015.1028564
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article investigates the patenting and genetic engineering of the plant taro (Colocasia esculenta), which Native Hawaiians consider their elder brother and ancestor Hāloa. It explores how molecular scientists at the University of Hawai‘i… read more here.
Keywords: patenting genetically; engineering; genetically engineering; scientific practices ... See more keywords
Genetically Engineering Wild Mice to Combat Lyme Disease: An Ecological Perspective
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DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz080
Abstract: Genetic engineering of wild populations has been proposed for reducing human diseases by altering pathogens’ hosts. For example, CRISPR-based genome editing may be used to create white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) that are resistant to the… read more here.
Keywords: engineering wild; lyme disease; mice; genetically engineering ... See more keywords