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Brazil approves GM mosquito that could cut dengue

2014-05-01 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: Brazilian authorities have decided that a genetically modified (GM) strain of mosquitoes whose offspring die before reaching adulthood do not pose a significant risk to humans or the environment. The decision will open up the possibility of the company that developed the insects selling them in Brazil as a control strategy for dengue fever. The approval was made last week (10 April) by the National Technical Commission on Biosecurity, the organisation that regulates transgenic organisms in Brazil....

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