YOUR GATEWAY TO INDONESIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Search
xxx hd
No image

New Australian venture to target deadly disease-spreading mosquitoes

CANBERRA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — Australia’s national science agency has announced a new venture aimed at fighting disease-spreading mosquitoes.

Launched on Tuesday, Oxitec Australia, a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and UK biotechnology company Oxitec, will release genetically engineered male mosquitoes carrying a gene capable of reducing pest female