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Mice Against Ticks: In the News
“Unnatural Selection”
Netflix, October 18, 2019
https://www.netflix.com/title/80208910
“Ep 7: The Reservoir”
Patient Zero Lyme Disease (New Hampshire Public Radio), October 3, 2019
https://www.patientzeropodcast.com/podcast-episodes/episode-7
“Boston researchers focus on mice as potential solution to Lyme disease”
WCVB Channel 5 Boston, August 1, 2019
“Can Gene-Edited Mice in Nantucket Kill Lyme Disease?”
Medium, June 24, 2019
https://elemental.medium.com/the-mouse-cure-48f81e7a3fec
“Fighting Lyme disease with gene editing”
Tufts Magazine, December, 2018
https://tuftsmagazine.com/issues/magazine/fighting-lyme-disease-gene-editing
“CRISPR Pioneer Kevin Esvelt Discusses Involving the Community in His Research”
The Bench (Synthego), September 5, 2018
https://www.synthego.com/blog/kevin-esvelt-interview
“Will Nantucket vote to allow genetically altered mice to control Lyme disease?”
Chemical & Engineering News (American Chemical Society), August 27, 2018
https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/genomics/Nantucket-vote-allow-genetically-altered/96/i34
“One scientist's radical idea to engineer mice and stop Lyme disease”
CNN Tech, July 27, 2018
“Communities Raise Their Voices on Genetic Engineering”
The Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2018
“Can Gene-Edited Mice Solve the Lyme Crisis?”
The Future of Everything (The Wall Street Journal), Jul 25, 2018
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wsj-the-future-of-everything/id1234320525?mt=2
“‘Mice Against Ticks’ Gathers More Feedback On Martha's Vineyard And Nantucket”
Living Lab Radio (WCAI), July 23, 2018
“Gene Editing”
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), July 1, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJm8PeWkiEU&t=12m20s
“CRISPR and the Community Are Teaming Up to Combat Lyme Disease”
The Bench (Synthego), June 21, 2018
https://www.synthego.com/blog/crispr-lyme-disease
“Island interested in unique tick project”
Cape Cod Times, June 6, 2018
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180606/island-interested-in-unique-tick-project
“A genetically modified organism could end malaria and save millions of lives — if we decide to use it”
Vox, May 31, 2018
“Can We Make Life?”
NOVA Wonders (PBS), May 23, 2018
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wonders/#can-we-make-life
“Lyme Disease Is Spreading at an Alarming Rate—and This Is Why”
Vogue, May 16, 2018
“MIT researchers propose release of genetically engineered mice on Nantucket”
Boston 25 News, October 18, 2017
“Could genetically engineered mice reduce Lyme disease?”
PBS News Hour, September 12, 2017
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/genetically-engineered-mice-reduce-lyme-disease
“Hijacking Mice to Fight Lyme”
Living Lab Radio (WCAI), September 4, 2017
http://www.capeandislands.org/post/hijacking-mice-fight-lyme#stream/0
“One Step Closer To Making Mice That Fight Lyme, Scientists Ask Nantucket: Should We Move Forward?”
WBUR (NPR), August 17, 2017
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/08/17/gene-scientists-nantucket-lyme
“One Man's Plan to Make Sure Gene Editing Doesn't Go Haywire”
The Atlantic, July 11, 2017
“Lyme Disease Is Spreading, And It’s Partly This Mouse’s Fault”
FiveThirtyEight, July 5, 2017
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lyme-disease-is-spreading-and-its-partly-this-mouses-fault/
“Mouse’s Vineyard”
Undiscovered (WNYCStudios), June 27, 2017
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/mouse-s-vineyard
“An MIT transparency advocate shakes up genetic engineering”
The Boston Globe, May 10, 2017
“Rewriting the Code of Life”
The New Yorker, January 2, 2017
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/rewriting-the-code-of-life
“Modifying Mouse Genes Could Fight Lyme Disease”
Seeker, July 25, 2016
https://www.seeker.com/modifying-mouse-genes-could-fight-lyme-disease-1943604801.html
“Genetically Engineered Mice May Combat Lyme Disease on Martha's Vineyard”
WCAI (NPR), July 24, 2016
“Genetically modified mice seen as possible weapon in Lyme disease fight”
Cape Cod Times, July 24, 2016
“A Futuristic Proposal On Martha's Vineyard: Modify Mouse Genes To Fight Lyme”
WBUR (NPR), July 20, 2016
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2016/07/20/marthas-vineyard-mice-lyme
“An MIT Biologist Is Taking the Secrecy Out of Scientific Research”
Boston Magazine, June 21, 2016
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/health/2016/06/21/kevin-esvelt-lyme-disease/#v0JyD2E5PFTqhTxP.03
“Soon To Be Talk Of The Islands: Do We Modify Mouse Genes To Fight Lyme Disease?”
WBUR (NPR), June 20, 2016
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2016/06/20/nantucket-marthas-vineyard-mice-lyme
“Lyme Disease: Know Your Enemy”
LifeZette, June 20, 2016
https://www.lifezette.com/2016/06/lyme-disease-know-your-enemy/
“Are Genetically Engineered Mice The Answer To Combating Lyme Disease?”
13.7: Cosmos & Culture (NPR), June 16, 2016
“Historic Nantucket Weighs Use of Disruptive Technology”
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, June 13, 2016
“Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News”
Engadget, June 8, 2016
https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/08/genetically-engineered-mice-lyme-disease/
“Fighting Lyme Disease In the Genes of Nantucket’s Mice”
The New York Times, June 7, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/science/ticks-lyme-disease-mice-nantucket.html
“To halt the spread of Lyme, Nantucket residents consider genetically engineered mice”
STAT, June 7, 2016
https://www.statnews.com/2016/06/07/nantucket-lyme-genetic-engineering/
MARTHA’S VINEYARD PRESS
“Will CRISPR mice stymie Lyme?”
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, July 13, 2018
https://www.mvtimes.com/2018/07/13/will-crispr-mice-stymie-lyme/
“‘No time for ticks’”
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, June 13, 2018
https://www.mvtimes.com/2018/06/13/no-time-ticks/
“A Time to Cull? A Time to Splice?”
Martha’s Vineyard magazine, May 1, 2017
http://www.mvmagazine.com/news/2017/05/01/time-cull-time-splice
“Science and Scientists on the Vineyard”
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, April 26, 2017
http://www.mvtimes.com/2017/04/26/science-scientists-vineyard/
“Genetically-Engineered Mice Explored as New Tool in Fight Against Lyme Disease”
Vineyard Gazette, July 27, 2016
“Scientist proposes genetic attack on Martha’s Vineyard ticks”
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, July 20, 2016
https://www.mvtimes.com/2016/07/20/scientist-proposes-genetic-attack-marthas-vineyard-ticks-2/
NANTUCKET PRESS
“Mice vs. Ticks: The bioethics of genetic modification”
The Inquirer and Mirror, Aug 9, 2018
http://www.ack.net/news/20180809/mice-vs-ticks-bioethics-of-genetic-modification
“Kevin On Ticks And Crocker Snow”
Cross Currents (Nantucket NPR station), August 2, 2018
https://soundcloud.com/user-177543829/cross-currents-kevin-on-ticks-and-crocker-snow-08-02-18
“More talk on using genetically-altered mice against tick-borne diseases”
The Inquirer and Mirror, June 6, 2018
“Select Board briefed on genetically-altered mice plan”
The Inquirer and Mirror, May 24, 2018
http://www.ack.net/news/20180524/select-board-briefed-on-genetically-altered-mice-plan
“Of Mice & Men”
Nantucket Magazine, April 27, 2017
http://n-magazine.com/of-mice-men/
“MIT scientist wants to use GMO mice to fight Lyme”
The Inquirer and Mirror, January 26, 2017
http://www.ack.net/news/20170126/mit-scientist-wants-to-use-gmo-mice-to-fight-lyme
“Genetically-modified mice could combat Lyme disease”
The Inquirer and Mirror, June 9, 2016
