First Genetically Modified Mosquitos

 A Biotech firm within the us , Oxitech, recently launched the foremost controversial field trial of Genetically Modified mosquitos in Florida.


What are these Genetically Modified Mosquitos?

The yellow-fever mosquito mosquitos structure only 4% of total mosquito population in Florida. However, they're liable for all diseases transmitted by mosquitos like zika, chikungunya, dengue and yellow jack .

Naturally, the male yellow-fever mosquito mosquitos don't bite. Only the females bite and spread diseases. The researchers have now bioengineered the male yellow-fever mosquito mosquitos. The bioengineered male yellow-fever mosquito carries a gene that passes to their offsprings and kills the feminine progeny alone in early larval stages. The man-child won't die and can become the carriers of the gene and can expire to the longer term generations. As more and more daughter dies, the population should dwindle.

What is the plan?

The researchers of Oxitech had placed the boxes containing the bioengineered mosquito eggs at six locations in April 2021. the primary males are expected to hatch in May 2021. within the next twelve weeks, quite 12,000 males are to exit from these boxes hebdomadally . within the second phase, 20 million bioengineered mosquitos are to emerge over a period of sixteen weeks.

The Genetically modified mosquitos carry a gene that creates them glow when exposed to a specific sort of light. this may help in identifying the Genetically Modified mosquitos.

Way Forward

The residents of Florida were fighting against this field trial over a decade now. and thus , Oxitech launched the test trials of the mosquitos in Panama, Brazil, Malaysia, and Cayman Islands .

The Environment Protection Agency has recently approved to conduct the trials in Florida. supported the success of the trials, it's to be extended to the whole US.


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