... used, but causing the mosquitoes to be not sturdy. A British organization call Oxitec has been investing the genetically modified mosquitoes. They start with injecting small amount of DNA into the eggs of mosquitoes using a special glass needle. The eggs that are injected can hardly survive. The gene in cooperate with the mosquito cells and put into the genome of the mosquito. With the extra gene, a ... protein that is able to dysfunction the cell is added. This protein can stop the cells from gene activation for survival and cause the mosquitoes die prematurely. Enable to keep the first...

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