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Release genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild to reduce the number of mosquito bites in Florida, USA, but many scientists fear will become experiments such as 'J…
A pilot program to reduce the number of mosquitoes with a male genetically modified male in a Brazilian town was not as successful as scientists' expectations were due t…
US scientists claim to have successfully cultured genetically modified mosquitoes that can prevent the spread of malaria.
There are crazy genetic engineering experiments that seem to have a very realistic purpose: doubling population, reviving corpses, making mosquitoes not carrying malaria…
Baby mosquitoes that inherit the additional genome that only survives for a short time should reduce the risk of spreading dengue.
Panama is expected to become the next country to test the use of the nicknamed transgenic mosquitoes
American scientists at Rocckefeller University have devised a way to transform mosquito genes, neutralizing their sense of smell for humans, making them not looking for…
Brazil will release an army of genetically modified mosquitoes into the environment to prevent dengue epidemic spread across Brazil, causing nearly 500,000 people to get…
A year ago, more than 10 million genetically modified male mosquitoes were released in HCMC. Juazeiro, inhabited by 288,000 people. Test results are announced at a confe…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it did not find any significant impact on the environment when piloting insects against the Zika epidemic in Miami state.
Zika is an extremely dangerous virus, causing abnormalities in brain atrophy and is spreading around the world. The US Food and Drug Administration said that using genet…
Brazil plans to prevent the spread of Zika virus by using gamma rays to cause infertility of millions of male mosquitoes.
Initial success from experiments on genetically modified mosquitoes has set expectations to turn them into drugs that treat the most common disease in Asia and Latin Ame…
Creating mosquitoes that cannot transmit disease is the way scientists kill dangerous infectious species but leave no consequences for ecological imbalance.
Malaysia will release genetically modified male mosquitoes into the environment to produce mosquitoes with short lifespans, in order to reduce