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Three reasons why the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Queensland is risky
The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in Queensland. The initiative aims to reduce transmission of ...
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Bill and Melinda Gates are giving $4 million to help scientists engineer a malaria-killing mosquito - here's how it could work
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with mosquito engineering company Oxitec to develop a male mosquito designed to kill off future generations of malaria-transmitting bugs.
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Djibouti experiments with GM mosquito against malaria
The so-called “Friendly” mosquito, created by British biotechnology firm Oxitec, is a genetically modified male that carries a protein ensuring its offspring will not survive. Since only ...
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Genetically modified mosquitoes
The Malaysian Academy of Sciences is likely to advise the government to press on with field trials of genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes created by Oxitec of Oxford. Oxitec uses ...