Supporters are expressing confidence in the FDA’s evaluation, Oxitec’s data and reports about similar international trials. They say the risks of mosquito-borne diseases outweigh fears about releasing ...

3. These genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Brazil, Cayman Islands and Malaysia. According to Forbes, their release has been attributable to lower populations of Aedes aegypti, the ...

Malaria and other vector-borne diseases, including dengue and Zika, affect millions globally. More than 400 000 people a year die from malaria alone. If proven safe, effective and affordable, ...

On Tuesday, the Florida Keys voted in favor of a field trial to introduce genetically modified mosquitoes in Key Haven to limit the spread of the Zika virus, according to Fusion. The ballot measure ...

The British company Oxitec released a cloud of hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes to study how to control their reproduction and thus stop the spread of dengue, Zika, malaria, etc ...

Containers hold genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes before being released in Panama City, Panama, in September 2014. The fight against the Zika virus has a new weapon: the genetically ...

Malaria isn’t a pretty disease, and it’s one that’s difficult to control because it’s spread widely by mosquitoes. Researchers may have come up with a way to help stop its spread, however, using ...

This comes against the backdrop of claims that the Gates Foundation released genetically modified mosquitoes from laboratories into the environment, a claim that sparked a lot of worry amongst Kenyans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They buzz, they bite, and they cause some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. Mosquitoes are perhaps the planet’s most ...