New Model Reveals Pesticide-free Method to Control Mosquito-borne Disease
Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 14:31
in Biology & Nature
Two strategies to control mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, are reducing mosquito population sizes or replacing populations with disease-refractory varieties. Scientists have modeled a genetic system that may be used for both, without the use of pesticides. This research was published in the February 2011 issue of Genetics.