12,000 Genetically Modified Mosquito Eggs Scattered in Florida as “Living Insecticides”

Medicine & Technology May 02, 2021

The United States has received its first batch of genetically modified mosquitoes - testing whether the altered insects could prove efficient in controlling their numbers in the region.

Singapore Has Entered the Second Wave of Coronavirus While Battling Another Worst Virus Outbreak Since 2013

Jul 03, 2020

With Singapore facing the second waves of both dengue and coronavirus, local health authorities are hoping that their Wolbachia Program will help reduce the massive amounts of breeding mosquitoes.

Forcing Mosquitos to Switch Sex May Eradicate Dengue Fever and Other Serious Pathogens

May 26, 2015

If the battle of the sexes was fought by mosquitoes, it would already be over. Researchers from Virginia Tech's Fralin Life Science Institute has discovered that male mosquitoes aren't relevant at all, at least in the realm of transmissible diseases.