It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie: a biotech company releases hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild to control the mosquito population.

Unlike other mosquito-control efforts ... does not yet have a legal framework for the use of genetically modified organisms. Legislation to establish one has stalled in the National Assembly.

“Genetically modified mosquitoes have genomes—the complete genetic material of an organism—that have been altered to make them into effective tools for controlling the spread of mosquito-tra ...

In theory, when these mosquitoes are released in high numbers, a dramatic reduction in the mosquito population should follow. Al Jazeera investigates how genetically modified mosquitoes may be ...

Containers of mosquito larvae seen in July 2020 in Key Largo, Florida. Nearly 150,000 mosquitoes that have been genetically modified will be released in the Florida Keys. Containers of mosquito ...

This strategy reduces mosquito populations so that there ... release of sterile mosquitoes (genetically modified or not) has about the smallest environmental footprint and highest safety of ...

This strategy reduces mosquito populations so that there ... release of sterile mosquitoes (genetically modified or not) has about the smallest environmental footprint and highest safety of ...

A model for a genetically-modified mosquito that produces malaria-combating antibodies and fails to transmit the disease has been developed. The modified Anopheles stephensi mosquito, a common ...

Sponsored by the local mosquito control board and U.K.-based biotech firm Oxitec, the ad promotes a contentious plan to release millions of genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes here to ...

The video doesn't show a genetically modified mosquito, but they do exist. They're mass-produced in labs to control mosquito populations and prevent outbreaks of disease, according to the Centers ...

Some regions take steps to control the mosquito population by removing ... Others use methods include the use of genetically modified mosquitoes, which have been approved by the Environmental ...

9 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a collage that includes a mosquito being injected ... or approved any program involving genetically modified mosquitoes in Ohio.