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Grow your own genetically modified mosquito colony – just add water

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Imperial College London is developing a modified mosquito to wipe out malaria in Africa .

The gene they’ve introduced slows the malaria parasite’s development in the mosquito 's gut.

Unlike Oxitec , the female mosquitoes still survive but can’t transmit disease.

Sceptics have questioned whether the release of the Friendly Aedes will disrupt local ecosystems.

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