Researchers alter mosquito genome in step toward controlling disease

Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 16:02 in Biology & Nature

Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito—a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever.

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