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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Flightless mosquitoes may curb dengue

A solution to reduce dengue cases??

" Genetically altered mosquitoes that cannot fly may help slow the spread of dengue fever and could be a harmless alternative to chemical insecticides, U.S. and British scientists said on Monday.

They genetically altered mosquitoes to produce flightless females, and said spreading these defective mosquitoes could suppress native, disease-spreading mosquitoes within six to nine months."

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100223091729/Article/index_html

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