Genetically-altered mosquitoes could be released in Florida, pending FDA approval
Over a million people each year die from diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, like malaria, Chikungunya, Dengue Fever, and Yellow Fever. Tackling this problem is a challenge, but Oxitec, a British biotech company, is developing mosquitoes that have been genetically altered in order to potentially change the progress of the situation. Tests with mosquitoes in Brazil […]