Brazil to release millions of GM-mosquitos to fight dengue
Campinas, Brazil (UPI) Jul 23, 2013 - Next week, the biotech company Oxitec, based in Abingdon, England, will begin raising millions of genetically modified mosquitos at a new factory in Campinas, Brazil. The objective: curb the spread of dengue fever. These new GM-mosquitos won't target dengue specifically, only other mosquitos - the main vehicle by which the virus travels. These Franken-bugs will mate with females; but t ... more
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