The United States has new genetic engineering technology to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and malaria, which have resurged as temperatures rise and pesticides lose effectiveness. Oxitec's approach releases engineered male mosquitoes whose offspring cannot survive, reducing wild populations by 80–95 percent in trials. However, regulatory delays since 2010 have prevented deployment, despite the technology's proven effectiveness and minimal environmental risk.
Suntory researchers successfully created truly blue roses by inserting genes from multiple blue flower species into pink roses, enabling them to produce both blue pigments and colorless helper molecules that stabilize color. The genetically modified roses maintained their blue hue through seven years of greenhouse testing in Japan and three years of field trials in Colombia.