The Insect Allies program aims to transfer modified genes to plants through insect vectors along with the plant viruses they transmit, which involves three technical areas - viral manipulation, insect vector optimization, and selective gene therapy

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The Insect Allies program aims to transfer modified genes to plants through insect vectors along with the plant viruses they transmit, which involves three technical areas - viral manipulation, insect vector optimization, and selective gene therapy in mature plants, according to DARPA.May 24, 2022 https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1266481.shtml#:~:text=The%20Insect%20Allies%20program%20aims,mature%20plants%2C%20according%20to%20DARPA.
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Insect Allies
(DARPA) https://www.darpa.mil/program/insect-allies
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Insect allies—Assessment of a viral approach to plant genome editing
https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ieam.4577
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A step towards biological warfare with insects?
A project by a research agency of the US Department of Defense could easily be misused for developing biological weapons
https://www.mpg.de/12318180/darpa-insect-ally
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500 million genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in the US"
https://youtu.be/pChXAhcUv94 
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Bill Gates says that a new technology that could completely eradicate some species of mosquito could be ready to put into broad use in just two years, although he admits that there is no regulatory framework for approving the method.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/10/bill-gates-says-gene-drives-to-eradicate-some-mosquito-species-could-be-ready-for-in-two-years/?sh=809907ae8b9f
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A laboratory in Italy is designing a very special kind of genetically modified organism (GMO)
https://scroll.in/video/941265/watch-will-these-controversial-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-eradicate-malaria-some-day

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