Company conceals evidence that genetically modified mosquitoes may have high survival rate in wild
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. A confidential internal document obtained by civil society groups shows genetically modified mosquitoes described by their manufacturer, UK company Oxitec, as “sterile” are in fact not sterile and their offspring have a 15 percent survival rate in the presence of the common antibiotic tetracycline.
In the study described in this document, the genetically modified mosquitoes were fed…
