Comments on: Hello From The World of Entomology! http://www.biofortified.org/2010/01/entomology-introductio/ Stronger plants, stronger science, and stronger communication. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:17:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anastasia Bodnar http://www.biofortified.org/2010/01/entomology-introductio/#comment-1768 Anastasia Bodnar Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:13:41 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1182#comment-1768 I never learned the proper names for the two types of insect development. Thanks :) I'm looking forward to posts on more genetically engineered insects, pesticide resistance, and more. Regarding the mosquitoes, I have to admit I was a little "aaaah!" when I first heard about it, but once I learned more, it seems reasonable. I need to research it further, though. Whatever happened about that, anyway? It was in the news for a while and then just went away. My guess is that the regulatory hurdles squashed the project, at least for a while. I never learned the proper names for the two types of insect development. Thanks :)

I’m looking forward to posts on more genetically engineered insects, pesticide resistance, and more.

Regarding the mosquitoes, I have to admit I was a little “aaaah!” when I first heard about it, but once I learned more, it seems reasonable. I need to research it further, though. Whatever happened about that, anyway? It was in the news for a while and then just went away. My guess is that the regulatory hurdles squashed the project, at least for a while.

]]> By: Joe Ballenger http://www.biofortified.org/2010/01/entomology-introductio/#comment-1766 Joe Ballenger Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:21:15 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1182#comment-1766 With the discovery that RNAi can be done in honeybees through feeding, this might limit the applications that genetic engineering has for honeybees. We'll see, though. GE mosquitoes are an interesting topic...and even people who are normally all for genetic engineering tend to think of them in a 'AAAAAAAAAH! MAD SCIENTIST' sort of fashion. So anytime we start genetically engineering animals, yeah...there are going to be different issues than we have with plants. I'm not quite sure why-it's just the same concept but involving a different organism. Anyways...I'm looking forward to writing more posts :) With the discovery that RNAi can be done in honeybees through feeding, this might limit the applications that genetic engineering has for honeybees. We’ll see, though.

GE mosquitoes are an interesting topic…and even people who are normally all for genetic engineering tend to think of them in a ‘AAAAAAAAAH! MAD SCIENTIST’ sort of fashion.

So anytime we start genetically engineering animals, yeah…there are going to be different issues than we have with plants. I’m not quite sure why-it’s just the same concept but involving a different organism.

Anyways…I’m looking forward to writing more posts :)

]]> By: Karl Haro von Mogel http://www.biofortified.org/2010/01/entomology-introductio/#comment-1757 Karl Haro von Mogel Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:06:07 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1182#comment-1757 Hi Joe, great to have you writing about insects here. I might write a bit about genetically engineering honeybees in the future, and GE mosquitoes also come up in discussions. It's an important topic, not as common as plants, but they have their own unique issues that plants don't have. Hi Joe, great to have you writing about insects here. I might write a bit about genetically engineering honeybees in the future, and GE mosquitoes also come up in discussions. It’s an important topic, not as common as plants, but they have their own unique issues that plants don’t have.

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