Scientists at MIT are proposing the use of a controversial “gene drive” technology to wipe out the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus, the rapidly spreading illness that causes babies to be born with small heads and brains. Three U.S. labs that handle mosquitoes are now working on developing the gene drive for the Aedes aegypti mosquito species, which also spread dengue fever and yellow fever.

 

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