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BREAKING!! What could possibly go wrong? Genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
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[quote:EAGLE # 1 29216719:MV8yMDczNTY5XzM0OTAyOTQxXzgyODAzREM2] BUT, HOW does the 'modification affect OTHER physiological features of the insects makeup ? WILL it, say, now be able to carry the AIDS virus ( hasn't it always ? ) and pass it on to others through it's sting/blood drawing activities ? Wrote letter to New York Times editor of science section asking the above question about aids and mosquitoes. Replied that mosquitoes can't carry virus. WROTE BACK, ASKING IF THEY CARRY THE SLEEPING SICKNESS VIRUS IN AFRIC, why not the AIDS virus ? NO ANSWER ! Eagle [/quote]
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Hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes set to be released into the Florida Keys in experiment to fight dengue fever
-The non-biting male mosquitoes genetically modified would pass along a birth defect killing their progeny before reaching maturity
-After a few generations officials say Key West's Aedes aegypti population would die off reducing risk of dengue fever
-FL Keys Mosquito Control District: Modified genes will disappear after mosquitoes carrying it die making no permanent change to wild population
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