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Zika-fighting GMO mosquito gets FDA approval for testing

2016-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given a British company approval to test a new tool in the fight against Zika - genetically engineered mosquitoes. NPR's Greg Allen reports the first test may take place in the Florida Keys. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: The company, Oxitec, first developed genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes more than a decade ago. Since then in trials conducted in Panama, the Cayman Islands and Brazil, the company says it's been able to reduce mosquito...

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