The gut microbiota serves as a critical “organ” in the life cycle of animals, particularly in the
intricate interplay between herbivorous pests and plants. This review summarizes the pivotal …

Insect pests cause significant agricultural and economic losses to crops worldwide due to
their destructive activities. Pesticides are designed to be poisonous and are intentionally …

Honey bees are essential pollinators threatened by colony losses linked to the spread of
parasites and pathogens. Here, we report a new approach for manipulating bee gene …

Animal hosts have initiated myriad symbiotic associations with microorganisms and often
have maintained these symbioses for millions of years, spanning drastic changes in …

Human pathogens that are transmitted by insects are a global problem, particularly those
vectored by mosquitoes; for example, malaria parasites transmitted by Anopheles species …

Malaria control demands the development of a wide range of complementary strategies. We
describe the properties of a naturally occurring, non–genetically modified symbiotic …

Mosquitoes are hematophagous vectors that can acquire human viruses in their intestinal
tract. Here, we define a mosquito gut commensal bacterium that promotes permissiveness to …

Synthetic biology aims to design or assemble existing bioparts or bio-components for useful
bioproperties. During the past decades, progresses have been made to build delicate …

Mosquito-transmitted diseases account for about 500 000 deaths every year. Blocking these
pathogens in the mosquito vector before they are transmitted to humans is an effective …

This article presents an overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen
transmission by insect vectors. It first briefly summarises some of the disease-causing …