Scientists engineer genes of mosquitoes to kill their offspring

Yellow fever viruses can possibly be prevented due to genetically engineered mosquitoes. These mosquitoes are meant to pass a lethal gene to their offspring, killing them before they reach adulthood. Oxitec is a British biotechnology company that began this development of mosquitoes to prevent diseases worldwide. They are already seeing signs of success since the genetically engineered males accounted for 16 percent of the overall male population in the test zone, and the lethal gene was found in close to10 percent of larvae. They hope to continue showing progress with these mosquitoes.