5 votes New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind. Posted November 23, 2022 by cfabbro Tags: biology, entomology, aedes aegypti, population control, genetic engineering, studies, health, dengue fever, yellow fever, zika virus, malaria, chikungunya, brazil, brazilian ministry of health, usa, oxitec, mosquitoes, diseases.infectious, author.emily mullin, source.wired, paywall https://www.wired.com/story/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-population/ Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Title Turns Out Fighting Mosquitoes With Mosquitoes Actually Works Authors Emily Mullin, Jeremy White, Will Knight, Brenda Stolyar, Michael Calore, Sabrina Weiss, Meghan Herbst, Gregory Barber, Maryn McKenna, Katrina Miller, Jackie Flynn Mogensen Published Nov 21 2022 Word count 689 words