Close Topic OptionsNew technology designed to genetically control disease-spreading mosquitoes. Using CRISPR, scientists have created a new technology for controlling mosquitoes. The precision-guided sterile insect technique alters genes linked to male fertility and female flight in Aedes aegypti, the species responsible for spreading diseases including dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika. Source 9b.
TOPIC: Aedes Aegypti Mosquito