Disease-free mosquito bred to disease-carrier can have all disease-free progeny
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2007-07-25
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Virginia Tech. University Relations
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A decade ago, scientists announced the ability to introduce foreign genes into the mosquito genome. A year ago, scientists announced the successful use of an artificial gene that prevented a virus from replicating within mosquitoes. But how does one apply what can be done with a small number of mosquitoes in a lab to the tens of millions of mosquitoes that spread disease worldwide?
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