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Things to know about GMO mosquito test proposed in Florida
2016-03-11 11:59:14| Biotech - Topix.net
The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm's proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to stop transmission of the disease. Oxitec has genetically modified the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also transmits dengue and chikungunya, so the males produce offspring that do not live.
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