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.
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Florida mosquitoes: 750 million genetically modified insects to be released
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A Google plan to wipe out mosquitoes appears to be working
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Gene-drive technology could alter entire species, help eliminate malaria and prevent extinctions, but assessing the risks is difficult
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GM mosquito progeny not dying in Brazil: study
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Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
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Where disease-carrying mosquitoes will go in the future
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Scientists release controversial genetically modified mosquitoes in high-security lab
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The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick, and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years
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