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Comment from UTT:
Expect to see the acceptance of genetically modified creatures increase now that the benefits are being sold as safe as mother's milk and equally as important. Beware what is around the corner
August 5 - FDA Approves Release Of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Fight Zika Virus In FloridaArticle: Cloning And Genetic Engineering
Our sci-fi future just got a whole lot closer to becoming a reality, after the Food and Drug Administration gave the okay to a field trial that would release genetically modified Zika-killing mosquitoes in the Florida Keys.
On Friday, the FDA released a final environmental assessment of the trial, finding that it “will not have significant impacts on the environment.” The project, led by Oxitec, a biotech company that focuses on insect control, calls for the release of thousands of genetically engineered male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The lab insects are bred so that over time they could kill off much of the local mosquito population by passing on a gene fatal to any offspring they have with wild females. Read Full Article ....
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