Oxitec
 Oxitec      | |
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| Formation | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Interests | Genetic modification |
| Sponsor of | Science Media Centre |
| Membership | • Luke Alphey • Grey Frandsen |
| UK based biotechnology company that develops genetically modified insects with an inbuilt genetic extinction technology. | |
Oxitec (originally Oxford Insect Technologies) is a UK-based biotechnology company that develops genetically modified insects with an inbuilt genetic extinction technology.
- Full article: Genetic Extinction Technology
- Full article: Genetic Extinction Technology
Activities
Oxitec has established partnerships with large agricultural corporations[1] and their investor lobbying groups, especially the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,[2].
In 2018 their mosquito technology began field trials in Indaiatuba, a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.[3] Because of their heavy backing, the trial was naturally approved. The results were a catastrophe. Instead of reducing mosquito populations as advertised, genes from their GM mosquitoes infiltrated wild populations, creating a hybrid species with unknown and potentially dangerous consequences.[4]
It released GM mosquitos in Florida in 2021.[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.oxitec.com/news/oxitec-advances-self-limiting-fall-armyworm-control-solution-to-next-phase-of-development
- ↑ https://www.oxitec.com/news/oxitec-to-develop-2nd-friendly-mosquito-strain-designed-to-combat-malaria-spreading-mosquitoes
- ↑ https://www.oxitec.com/news/oxitec-successfully-completes-first-field-deployment-of-2nd-generation-friendly-aedes-aegypti-technology
- ↑ https://www.testbiotech.org/en/news/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-out-of-control/
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/florida-keys-mosquito-experiment-oxitec-genetically-modified-1587044
