Each has been genetically engineered to carry a gene that is usually found in common algae.
What kinds of useful information could it be engineered to carry?
In the latest study, mosquitoes were engineered to carry genes for antibodies that target the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
Oxitec's approach involves releasing non-biting males - which have been genetically engineered to carry a gene that is lethal to their offspring - to mate with wild females.
The first sign that this is not always true came from experiments in which mouse embryos were engineered to carry two male genomes, or two female genomes.
Each participant will be matched with collections of mouse proxies, with each group of mice engineered to carry different combinations of a few major human prostate cancer genes.
For example, a mouse was engineered to carry a duplication of genes corresponding to a region of chromosome 15, the location of the most frequently observed chromosomal abnormality in ASD.
In theory, these stem cells can be engineered to carry the missing collagen gene, and can then be coaxed to grow large amounts of healthy skin grafts, immunologically compatible with each patient, like Ileana.
In 1991 Germany completed new Hannover-Würzburg and Mannheim-Stuttgart lines engineered to carry both passenger trains at 280 km (174 miles) per hour and merchandise freight trains at 160 km (100 miles) per hour.
He obtained mice that tend to develop Alzheimer's-like symptoms because they are genetically engineered to carry two mutated human genes that cause a buildup of plaque in the brain.
A hematopoetic stem cell, for instance, could be engineered to carry the desired gene.
