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Mosquitoes could be wiped out through genetic engineering

By Hicbd
Mon Aug 26 2019 10:48 am

"In a study published last year, Andrea Crisanti, right, and his colleagues were able to spread an infertility mutation to 75 percent of a mosquito population...If Crisanti’s approach works, you could, in theory, wipe out an entire species of mosquito...there are around 3,500 of them, of which only about 100 spread human disease."

URL:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/kill-all-mosquitos-180959069/
https://www.sciencealert.com/bill-melinda-gates-funding-scientists-to-engineer-malaria-killing-mosquito
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito-borne_disease

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Mosquito Deterrents Malaria Prevention Global Public Health

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