Brazil city deploys modified mosquitos to fight dengue surge

March 11, 2024/in GeneConvene in the News

Brazil city deploys modified mosquitos to fight dengue surge

Tags: Dengue, Genetically modified mosquitoes, South/Central America
Reuters, The Globe and Mail, 2024.

A British biotechnology company is betting on a solution to Brazil’s surging dengue cases, involving the release of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the viral infection’s spread.