02004naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400310007410000170010524503950012226000090051750001490052652008530067565300120152865300280154065300110156865300150157965300560159465300140165077301100166410641482023-05-22       2022    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a2730-50667 a10.31285/AGRO.26.10592DOI1 aMENCHACA, A.  aLooking for an effective, affordable and sustainable approach to control pest speciesbthe case of screwworm. Editorial.[En busca de un enfoque eficaz, asequible y sostenible para el control de especies de plagas: el caso del gusano barrenador]. [Em busca de uma abordagem eficaz, acessível e sustentável para o controle de espécies de pragas: o caso da bicheira].h[electronic resource]  c2022  aArticle history: Received 17 May 2022; Accepted 2 Aug 2022; Published 2 Set 2022. -- Correspondence: Alejo Menchaca, menchaca.alejo@gmail.com --  aCertain animal species become pests or turn invasive, conspiring against other species, the environment, biodiversity, food production and public health. Throughout history, humans have developed different strategies to control or eradicate these problems. Through more effective and affordable tools, and more respectful to the environment and harmless to other species, it will be possible to control more appropriately this kind of threat. CRISPR-based technologies can be applied to achieve this goal by controlling pests that threaten food supply in a growing world population, or preserving ecosystems affected by invasive species in islands and other particular environments. And most importantly, without adversely affecting - and even improving - the global effort focused on the One Health approach. Copyright (c) 2022 Agrociencia Uruguay  aBichera  aCochli-omya hominivorax  aCRISPR  aCRISPR-Cas  aPLATAFORMA DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN SALUD ANIMAL - INIA  aScrewworm  tAgrociencia Uruguay, 2022, Vol.26, number 2, e1059. https://doi.org/10.31285/AGRO.26.1059 -- OPEN ACCESS.