In the Spring of 2018, I was in the audience of a public Town Hall in the FL Keys discussing the use of innovative mosquito control technologies. I was representing MosquitoMate with their patented Wolbachia male mosquito release technology. Wolbachia utilizes a mechanism known as cytoplasmic incompatibility that can reduce insect populations, in our case…
Category: Genetics
Why does it take so long to make a vaccine for COVID-19?
Image Credit: Ted S. Warren, AP With all the (mis)information out there, vaccines are definitely one of the most widely misattributed subjects. Regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic, why can’t we just make a drug or compound that cures or vaccinates anyone from infection? Vaccine varieties The problem isn’t making a new drug or compound to…
The implications of viral strains
Image credit: Alissa Eckert/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / AFP – Getty Images Much is unknown about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Recently, a Chinese laboratory published preliminary results about two strains identified in patients: one ancenstral strain known as the “S” strain, and another mutated strain designated as the…