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       Using Mosquitoes as medical treatment and to vaccinate?
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: March 11, 2026, 2:32 pm
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       Chinese virologists develop vaccine-carrying mosquitoes to
       immunise bats against rabies and Nipah
       Researchers say new strategy deliberately prioritises biosafety
       Vishwam Sankaran
       Wednesday 11 March 2026
       Chinese scientists have developed vaccine-carrying mosquitoes to
       bite and immunise bats against rabies, a new strategy that could
       help deter the jumping of pandemic-potential viruses from
       animals to humans.
       Bats are infamous as reservoirs of viral pathogens like rabies
       and Nipah viruses, making them one of the key culprits for
       “spillover” events of viruses passing from a bat to a human.
       While vaccinating bats may provide a way to deter spillovers,
       there are currently no efficient strategies to immunise the
       animals at large in the wild.
       Researchers, however, caution that deploying such wildlife
       vaccines poses a trade-off between vaccine transmissibility and
       biosafety.
       They warn that transmitting engineered viruses into wildlife
       populations may potentially affect ecosystems in unintended
       ways.
       While ecological vaccines can offer the potential for high
       population coverage with minimal input, they may pose risks,
       including the possibility of the vaccine becoming virulent, they
       say.
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bats-vaccine-rabies-nipah-mosquitoes-b2936189.html
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       A box of 200 mosquitoes did the vaccinating in this malaria
       trial. That's not a joke!
       by Max Barnhart
       Volunteers for the trial put an arm over a box with hundreds of
       mosquitoes carrying a genetically modified malaria parasite.
       Here's why they did it that way — and why the trial holds
       promise.
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/17196/
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       Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
       Apr. 20, 2024
       For Everyone
       What to know
       Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread viruses including dengue,
       Zika, and chikungunya.
       Aedes aegypti are common throughout many areas of the United
       States.
       Aedes aegypti can be genetically modified (GM) and used to
       control other Ae. aegypti in a community.
       The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates use of
       GM mosquitoes. State and local authorities must approve release
       of GM mosquitoes.
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/genetically-modified-mosquitoes.html
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