Oxford Capital Partners has announced a follow-on investment into Oxitec Limited (www.oxitec.com), the Oxford based company developing effective and more environmentally friendly techniques to control ...

PIRACICABA, Brazil — From its gleaming, year-old factory in this southeast Brazilian city, Oxitec, a British biotech firm, has built a thriving business releasing tens of millions of genetically ...

More than 20 million genetically modified mosquitoes are coming to the Florida Keys this year, in a landmark project by British biotech company Oxitec and Monroe County’s Mosquito Control District.

Public-health officials are doing everything in their power (and budget) to prevent infectious diseases like Zika, yellow fever, and dengue from spreading. But the bugs that transmit those diseases, ...

In April 2021, boxes of mosquito eggs, food and water were placed in the Lower Keys as part of a pilot project by Oxitec and the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District. Genetically modified male ...

A half-inch-long moth that devours kale, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts may not inspire the same fear as a Zika-carrying mosquito, but the two insects have something in common. Both are being ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The agency in charge of mosquito control for the Keys responded by blanketing the ...

Oxford Capital has led a US$10 million funding round for Oxitec, a pioneer in the control of insects that spread disease and damage crops. The oversubscribed fundraising was supported by existing ...

Next month, in a laboratory an hour outside of London, scientists will begin stitching bits of DNA together and inserting them into hundreds of tiny, cucumber-shaped insect eggs. It’s the first step ...

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It’s probably safe to test genetically modified mosquitoes in Key West, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday, but it’s asking for public opinion before formally approving such an experiment.