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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8SmacBUcU How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood] ''Deep Look'' via YouTube. Jun 7, 2016.
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8SmacBUcU How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood] ''Deep Look'' via YouTube. Jun 7, 2016.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V9gbgICPKY Video of Bill Gates Releasing Mosquitoes Into Audience] TED Talk excerpt on YouTube. Jul 8, 2009.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V9gbgICPKY Video of Bill Gates Releasing Mosquitoes Into Audience] TED Talk excerpt on YouTube. Jul 8, 2009.<br>You can watch the whole video [https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged here] if you'd like (optional).
 
* [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-16/gates-says-altered-mosquitoes-are-next-weapon-in-malaria-fight Mosquito Is Next Weapon to Fight Malaria] Caroline Chen ''Bloomberg News'' June 16, 2016.<br>Watch the 4 minute video at the top of the page.
 
* [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-16/gates-says-altered-mosquitoes-are-next-weapon-in-malaria-fight Mosquito Is Next Weapon to Fight Malaria] Caroline Chen ''Bloomberg News'' June 16, 2016.<br>Watch the 4 minute video at the top of the page.
* [https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-drives-spread-their-wings Gene drives spread their wings] Tina Saey ''Science News'' Dec 2, 1025.
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* [https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-drives-spread-their-wings Gene drives spread their wings] Tina Saey ''Science News'' Dec 2, 1025.<br> Introduction to gene drives.
* [https://www.wired.com/2016/08/california-city-fending-off-zika-releasing-40000-mosquitoes-every-week/ A California City Is Fending Off Zika by Releasing 40,000 Mosquitoes Every Week] Sarah Zhang ''Wired'' Aug. 4, 2016.
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* [https://www.wired.com/2016/08/california-city-fending-off-zika-releasing-40000-mosquitoes-every-week/ A California City Is Fending Off Zika by Releasing 40,000 Mosquitoes Every Week] Sarah Zhang ''Wired'' Aug. 4, 2016.<br>This article discusses the use of Wolbachia to control mosquitos. Note differences from CRISPR gene drive.
  
 
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* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/ How a Tiny Bacterium Called Wolbachia Could Defeat Dengue] Scott O'Neill ''Scientific American'' June 1, 2015.  
 
* [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/ How a Tiny Bacterium Called Wolbachia Could Defeat Dengue] Scott O'Neill ''Scientific American'' June 1, 2015.  
 
* Frentiu F.D., et al. (2014) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587459 Limited Dengue Virus Replication in Field-Collected ''Aedes aegypti'' Mosquitoes Infected with ''Wolbachia'']. ''PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis.'' '''8''':1–10.
 
* Frentiu F.D., et al. (2014) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587459 Limited Dengue Virus Replication in Field-Collected ''Aedes aegypti'' Mosquitoes Infected with ''Wolbachia'']. ''PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis.'' '''8''':1–10.
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* Bull, J.J. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26160736 Evolutionary Decay and the Prospects for Long Term Disease Intervention using Engineered Insect Vectors]. ''Evol. Med. Public Heal.'' '''2015''':152-166.
  
 
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* [http://nas-sites.org/gene-drives/ Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values] ''The National Academy of Sciences Report''<br>Look at the "4 Page report in Brief" and the other links.
 
* [http://nas-sites.org/gene-drives/ Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values] ''The National Academy of Sciences Report''<br>Look at the "4 Page report in Brief" and the other links.
 
* Oye K.A., et al. (2014) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25035410 Biotechnology. Regulating gene drives.] ''Science'' '''345''':626–628.
 
* Oye K.A., et al. (2014) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25035410 Biotechnology. Regulating gene drives.] ''Science'' '''345''':626–628.
* Esvelt K.M., et al. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25035423 Concerning RNA-guided gene drives for the alteration of wild populations]. '''Elife''' ''3'':e03401.
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* Esvelt K.M., et al. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25035423 Concerning RNA-guided gene drives for the alteration of wild populations]. ''Elife'' '''3''':e03401.

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