Even when previously introduced to cocaine, Rothenfluh’s team noted that the insects routinely opted for pure sugar water ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine.

GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are plants, animals, or microorganisms whose DNA has been altered using biotechnology ...

Dengue has undoubtedly become an unrelenting crisis in Bangladesh. Year after year, the country sees thousands of infections ...

Researchers identify compounds targeting malaria parasite in mosquitoes, potentially enhancing affordable control efforts in endemic areas.

Across the globe, several infectious diseases are quietly surging in 2025. These outbreaks are not random. They are outcomes of shifting climate patterns, health gaps, and sometimes, our collective ...

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie: a biotech company releases hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild to control the mosquito population.

It’s coming, cardiologist and scientist Eric Topol argues in his forthcoming book “Super Agers.” Topol, who leads the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California, lays out what he calls an ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Florida to combat the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Zika. These mosquitoes are designed to reduce the population of ...

In a second crucial step, researchers use another genetic technique to ensure all the offspring of the GM mosquitoes carry the same anti-malaria trait. Image: An image of gene-modified mosquito ...

A biotechnology firm is seeking approval to release genetically modified mosquitoes en masse in Queensland in a bid to curb a number of deadly viruses. Here’s how it would work. Oxitec Australia ...