Eco-friendly and affordable molecular weaponry against snails that transmit schistosomiasis

By Morgan Q. Goulding
Backed by Newton_Coin_Project, Andy Goulding & Barbara Culp, Hal & Molly Green, Rafael Cruxent, Heike Nuhsbaum, Chris Carle, Louis Norvell, Camille Steen, Duncan A Goulding, Robert L. McCall 2nd, and 2 other backers
Bethel University, Tennessee
BiologyMedicine
DOI: 10.18258/4351
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Funded on 7/01/18
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Lab Notes

Results are in
January 10, 2021
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Numerous tiny pink blobs
December 20, 2020
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Starting new trial: Btk vs Bg (M)
December 18, 2020
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Sublethal effects of low-dose Bt: potential for...
December 5, 2020
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New Snail Project Launched
October 15, 2020
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Bg eating Bt
October 14, 2020
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Bt vs Bg?
September 26, 2020
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All We Need Is Prawns
December 19, 2019
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Why Snails Kill 200 000 People Every Year
September 11, 2019
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No effect in second trial
September 3, 2019
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Trial #2 - feeding begins
July 25, 2019
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Starting second trial
July 22, 2019
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Trial #2 coming up...
November 29, 2018
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Update: No exciting results
October 28, 2018
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Nibbles
October 22, 2018
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Snails Fed
October 21, 2018
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First Harvest
October 21, 2018
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Inducing dsRNA expression in E. coli
October 20, 2018
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GEARING UP FOR dsRNA EXPRESSION
October 14, 2018
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Snail DNA cloned into bacteria
October 1, 2018
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DNA has arrived
September 14, 2018
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DNA is on the way!
August 18, 2018
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Moved Lab to Georgia Southwestern State U!
August 13, 2018
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Snails have arrived!
July 24, 2018
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UW EH&S Training completed
June 30, 2018
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Snails ordered
June 30, 2018
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First gene synthesis order
June 14, 2018
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Early embryonic lethality is easy to see...
June 6, 2018
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The first question: will the snails eat food that...
May 19, 2018
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