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  • Scientific Citizenship Initiative Advisor and Center for Bioethics Lecturer, Harvard University
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.
Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest creatures because they are carriers for many lethal viruses. Shutterstock

Genetically modifying mosquitoes to control the spread of disease carries unknown risks

Natalie Kofler, Harvard University; Françoise Baylis, Dalhousie University; Graham Dellaire, Dalhousie University, and Landon J Getz, Dalhousie University

Genetically modified mosquitoes were released in Brazil in an attempt to halt the spread of dengue fever by reducing the mosquito population.

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