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Scientists at Virginia Tech have disrupted the genes that control eye color in mosquitoes, using a genetic-engineering technique that could also disrupt the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever.
Read the full article here: Disease-fighters disrupt mosquito’s genes with molecular scissors
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