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In 2018 scientists of the Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control tested a new way to suppress mosquito populations carrying the Zika virus. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images

Genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in Florida and Texas beginning this summer – silver bullet or jumping the gun?

Brian Allan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chris Stone, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Holly Tuten, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer Kuzma, North Carolina State University, and Natalie Kofler, Harvard University

Release of GM mosquitoes in Florida is imminent. But a multidisciplinary team of scientists believe that more studies are needed first. They encourage a publicly accessible registry for GM organisms.

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