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Source: http://www.nature.com/news/brazil-te...dengue-1.10426
Brazil tests GM mosquitoes to fight Dengue
Males with offspring-killing genes are replacing wild insects, say researchers.
* Helen Mendes
11 April 2012
An article from SciDev.Net
Scientists in Brazil say an experiment to reduce populations of the dengue-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito, by releasing millions of genetically modified (GM) insects into the wild, is working.
More than ten million modified male mosquitoes were released in the city of Juazeiro, a city of 288,000 people, over a period of time starting a year ago...
Brazil tests GM mosquitoes to fight Dengue
Males with offspring-killing genes are replacing wild insects, say researchers.
* Helen Mendes
11 April 2012
An article from SciDev.Net
Scientists in Brazil say an experiment to reduce populations of the dengue-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito, by releasing millions of genetically modified (GM) insects into the wild, is working.
More than ten million modified male mosquitoes were released in the city of Juazeiro, a city of 288,000 people, over a period of time starting a year ago...