Author: Lisa Palmer, Yale Environment 360

  • Could genetically modified mosquitos prevent mosquito-borne illnesses?

    When people think of genetically modified organisms, food crops like GM corn and soybeans usually come to mind. But engineering more complex living things is now possible, and the controversy surrounding genetic modification has now spread to the lowly mosquito, which is being genetically engineered to control mosquito-borne illnesses.A U.K.-based company, Oxitec, has altered two…