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The British company Oxitec plans to release its genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in California if the plan is approved by state officials. Oxitec, a private company, says its genetically modified bugs could help save half the world’s population from the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can spread diseases such as yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue to humans. A captured …

Meddling with an organism’s genes to make our lives easier may not be the best way of putting scientific resources to use, as movies like Jurassic Park have already demonstrated. However, it seems difficult in real life as UK-based biotechnology company, Oxitec, whichdevelops genetically modified insects to assist in insect control, is going ahead with the plan of releasing over …

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus. The plan approved this week by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District calls for a pilot project in 2021 involving the striped-legged Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is …

Florida Keys locals' fury at plan to release 750m mosquitoes

Some residents of the Florida Keys are furious over plans to release more than 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in the region to combat disease. The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District gave final approval Tuesday to the plan, which will be rolled out in 2021 and 2022. On Tuesday the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District gave final approval to a …

CNN — A plan to release over 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022 received final approval from local authorities, against the objection of many local residents and a coalition of environmental advocacy groups. In 2009 and 2010, local outbreaks of dengue fever, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti, left the Florida Keys …