Texas Biomedical Research Institute has entered into a partnership with Flyttr to develop, evaluate and advance next-generation biological solutions that could strengthen future elimination efforts against New World screwworm.
Under the agreement, Flyttr will use advanced laboratory facilities at Texas Biomed over the next two years to develop suppression technologies that build on proven, mating-based methods such as the sterile insect technique.
New World screwworm was confirmed in a calf in Zavala County, Texas, in 2026, the first U.S. detection in nearly sixty years, and further cases have since been confirmed across the state.
The collaboration forms an R&D outpost on the front lines of the screwworm response.