A British company breeding mosquitoes whose offspring cannot spread malaria is set to start releasing the insects into ...

In a new study published in Nature, scientists have successfully developed genetically modified mosquitoes in Tanzania that ...

Malaria and other vector-borne diseases, including dengue and Zika, affect millions globally. More than 400 000 people a year die from malaria alone. If proven safe, effective and affordable, ...

The mosquitos were invented by Oxitec, a British firm that thinks GM mosquitoes can be powerful tools to eradicate dangerous viruses such as dengue and zika, as well as a series of agricultural ...

3. These genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Brazil, Cayman Islands and Malaysia. According to Forbes, their release has been attributable to lower populations of Aedes aegypti, the ...

Southern California scientists have created a genetically modified batch of mosquitoes capable of blocking malaria, a development that could help eradicate the disease, UC San Diego officials ...

Containers hold genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes before being released in Panama City, Panama, in September 2014. The fight against the Zika virus has a new weapon: the genetically ...

What’s scarier, murder hornets or more than 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes? Despite complaints from local residents, officials have received final approval to release the swarm of ...