- Flock of genetically modified mosquitoes were out in Brazil, the largest in the flock in the world
- Genetically modified mosquitoes capable of fighting infectious disease released in Brazil’s Bahia, dengue infested agricultural town
- Dengu mosquito-borne tropical disease, main cause of sickness and death in Brazil, 1.4 million dengu cases reported in 2013
- Released mosquitoes newly hatched Aedes aegypti modified to kill own species. At present no vaccine to control disease
- Mosquito with killer genes don’t die as kept alive in lab using antibiotic tetracycline
- Mosquitoes once mate with female mosquitoes, offspring with killer gene born, die before reproduction in absence of tetracycline
Exams Perspective:
- Swarm
- Aedes aegypti
- Genetic Modification
- Genome Modification