Genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida and Texas
The mosquitoes released will all be male, which do not bite people and as such pose no risk to humans.
By OMRI RONmosquito 521(photo credit: Courtesy)
A plan to release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and Texas has been approved, The Guardian reported.According to the plan, the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will be released into the wild, as they contain a special protein that would kill female offspring, which are the ones who bite, and thus preventing the spread of such illnesses as dengue fever and Zika.The mosquitoes released will all be male, which do not bite people and as such pose no risk to humans.The plan is not without opposition, mostly coming from those saying that the environmental effect of such an experiment is unknown.A similar process was discovered by Ben Gurion University, in which certain bacteria will be activated in the stomach of Mosquitoes. This allows to kill them without the risks involved with using pesticides.
