TRANSGENIC MOSQUITO DENGUE FEVER RESISTANCE
April 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN researchers are attacking a topical disease that kills thousands of people each year with an unusual and potentially alarming weapon - transgenic mosquitoes. Scientists from the University of California, Irvine, have managed to genetically engineer mosquitoes that are resistant to Type 2 dengue fever, the most common strain. The mosquitoes that survived the procedure remained fertile and could reproduce, a key factor for future strategies involving replacing mosquito populations with genetically modified counterparts.
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